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Pathwalker

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9. When I was 5, my brother smashed my left foot with a sledge hammer.

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2012, 02:59 PM

May 2012

I spent four months with a cast on it. Later abuses involved a red hot fork to my left calf, being bound, gagged and dragged around the yard as his trophy "kill", shoved head first into the corner of our concrete patio, whipped with a broom handle, and so on. Grandma thought he was just being precocious, and I just needed to stay out of his way. I did, so he started in on the cousins. Oh, the hilarity. I HATED my childhood, and I DESPISE bullies!
Mitt's evil, isn't he?

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If you have ever been the victim of a bully... [View all] Javaman May 2012 OP

Most of the real bullies I knew in my early to late teens are now deceased slackmaster May 2012 #1

One of the worst I ever remember was actually a girl--unusually tall--big and athletic hlthe2b May 2012 #2

I still remember my bullying Taverner May 2012 #3

Kids will latch onto ANYTHING that can be defined as "different" than what they consider normal. slackmaster May 2012 #5

Ever since my parents said, fight or get beaten, I have victimized Bullies, and their enablers. WingDinger May 2012 #4

Once a bully - always a bully. Initech May 2012 #6

I checked the facebook page of someone who was the bullying ringleader back in school ... zbdent May 2012 #7

Funny I got an invitation to a school reunion nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #8

When I was 5, my brother smashed my left foot with a sledge hammer. Pathwalker May 2012 #9

I was bullied in 4th grade by the son of the bus driver... rustydog May 2012 #10