I am 58 years old and this has never happened to me until today.

[MADem]

103. Me neither...then again, I will acknowledge that my upbringing was atypical.

I was raised outside the USA for a good portion of my formative years, so I didn't get the full flavor of the American experience. However, I did get enough to know that there was bullying in school, but it wasn't quite so vicious, violent and unceasing as it 'seems' to be these days.

Of course, it could be that we're hearing about it more, and that magnifies the experiences. But in my heart, I have to say that I don't think it was quite this bad in the "old days," and I'm talking old days for the last fifty years or so.

I don't know if that "Mean Girls" film made us all more aware of it, or what...but I get the feeling that kids are just as uncertain as they have been down the years, but instead of masking the insecurity with quaint things like "hobbies" and "interests," many tend to dive into the 'net,' live virtually there, and/or put on a suit of snark armor and lash out at anyone who appears to be weaker than they are.