Long story short i'm part of a new social circle due to one of my hobbies.

Aparently there is a guy there who's the group "alpha" (or "clown bully", not really school type anymore).
Since we've met he kept attacking me (didn't really pay attention to him, but i'm not the only target).

My interpretation of it is that he feels threatened by my status (I have higher social status than him outside of that circle and my simple presence there takes his followers away).


How do you think I should handle this situation in general?

I've thought of a few posibilities:

1. First thing that came to mind was to ignore him completly, next time he says something just pretend I didn't hear it, don't shake hands with him, don't say hi, just pretend he isn't there. If he tries really hard to get my attention I might tell him that "I heard you but I just don't care to answer so you should save your breath next time".

2. Pretend to make friends with the guy "Hi man, nice shirt. You're so cool. I bet you could ,,,,,something he couldn't do" make him qualify.

3. Next time he tries to get a reaction out of me tell him that I get what he's doing,(we all know that if you want to make it big you have to attack someone big, comunication 101?) attacking the boss to get some value and I'm sure everybody saw it and values him greatly now. Everything he does after that will be put in that frame.

4. Next time he tries to get a reaction out of me tell him that I get that he feels threatened by me, but I really mean no harm and I'm sure he is a very cool guy. Especially with that shirt, I had one like that in middle school (add this maybe).


I'd appreaciate your input, feel free to tell me what you think.

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