caesar, just follow Amadeus advice, really. That's exactly what i was going to tell you to do.
I also had this problem in the past, people would joke at my expense sometimes and i would laugh too, or just "contribute" and try to make the joke even funnier because i thought that was displaying "cool" attitude.
Now when someone does a joke about me and i don't like it, i do as Amadeus said; i either ignore it, or i respond seriously to it as if it was not funny at all and as if i didn't even know that was supposed to be a joke. And some other times my reaction will be just and uninterested and bored "shut up", displaying an attitude of "whatever, man...", followed by me changing the subject or looking around as if i barely heard his "joke".
These attitudes will probably help you.
But there are times when there is this guy, the leader of the group, which is the one making the joke at your expense, and even if you don't give a damn, he won't give a damn about you not giving a damn, because everybody else laughs at his joke. And he will keep on joking at your expense. In these kinds of situations, i suppose the only thing to do is push him to a corner and explain that you do not like when he jokes about you. If after that he doesn't stop, you may have sgo to a physical fight with him in front of everyone else, so they realize that it is not ok to joke at someone's expense when the person being joked at doesn't want it.  |