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Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
104. Can't really say
Mon May 14, 2012, 11:20 AM
May 2012

How about, there was an attempt at bullying but I garnered enough of a reputation on beating a senior football player as a freshman that I was left alone during high school(among many other things).

Have you ever been bullied? [View all] cynatnite May 2012 OP
Starting from about 4th grade rox63 May 2012 #1
Nothing that could remotely be considered bullying, but.... northoftheborder May 2012 #2
As a fat gay kid SoutherDem May 2012 #3
So many bullies called me gay, that it was assumed. Schoolwide. WingDinger May 2012 #4
I took it until they started on my friends. lapislzi May 2012 #5
I was the nerdy autistic kid who was constantly emotionally bullied and humiliated. Odin2005 May 2012 #6
YES invictus May 2012 #7
Teased, yes. Bullied?... KansDem May 2012 #8
Only a few times. I fought back, and it stopped. MineralMan May 2012 #9
You must have gone to a kinder, gentler school system than I Rittermeister May 2012 #33
Same here DiverDave May 2012 #102
Teased until I cried....not sure if that would be called bullying livetohike May 2012 #10
Um, that was 'bullying' in my book and I'm sorry you had to put with it - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #43
Thanks livetohike May 2012 #59
I could write a book about parents (father) who dismissed my coalition_unwilling May 2012 #67
Thank you livetohike May 2012 #74
Yup that is nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #51
Uber-Smart, shy, chubby redhead here ... Myrina May 2012 #72
I'm sorry XanaDUer May 2012 #88
Yes,I was bullied Flashmann May 2012 #11
I was a fat kid and always was teased. I tried to blend in and not speak up. I had 1 or 2 friends southernyankeebelle May 2012 #12
Was bullied from 6th grade through my freshman year in high school. Then I, too, snapped and coalition_unwilling May 2012 #13
Oh yes meeksgeek May 2012 #14
Yes. Many times. Zorra May 2012 #15
Yes get the red out May 2012 #16
Yes, I was a fat kid Worried senior May 2012 #17
There was one year a group tried to bully me. jobycom May 2012 #18
Many times, but I always fought back even if the bully was older and a lot taller aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #19
Same here. Nobody bothered me again after I came back a couple years later and decked two of them. leveymg May 2012 #20
Shortest kid in class = easy target for bullies. Speck Tater May 2012 #21
It took me a long time to like him after that song. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #22
Is it too late to tell you Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2012 #92
I know, but i'm a short person and I was 12 at the time.... cynatnite May 2012 #101
I was the skinny girl with eyeglasses and weird hand-me-down clothes LiberalEsto May 2012 #23
I was the fat girl with the glasses and the thrift store clothes rox63 May 2012 #24
Yes and I fought back. zappaman May 2012 #25
From 4th grade up... Behind the Aegis May 2012 #26
As a kid suffering with anxiety I was bullied madokie May 2012 #27
Yes. My parents were well educated and so they spoke "proper" English, not the local dialect.. truebrit71 May 2012 #28
Unfortunately, yes. Tracer May 2012 #29
I don't take crap from anybody. davsand May 2012 #30
Me too! RedCappedBandit May 2012 #38
A couple of years ago I had a guy in my office who called me a harelip. davsand May 2012 #45
Yes tabbycat31 May 2012 #31
None of us will ever forget. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #32
I have a theory.... unkachuck May 2012 #34
So, bullying is just fine. Well, you're wrong. radicalliberal May 2012 #76
"Pure baloney." unkachuck May 2012 #96
Yep, for being too smart, too pretty, too different. MrSlayer May 2012 #35
Yes I have jorno67 May 2012 #36
No but there were attempts. mmonk May 2012 #37
Yes. Very geeky. treestar May 2012 #39
yes, i was verbally bullied a lot. Scout May 2012 #40
Yep. Started fighting back. Edweird May 2012 #41
I broke a bully's nose once...in high school. AsahinaKimi May 2012 #47
when I was six or seven rufus dog May 2012 #42
I was called ugly, nose, fairy and queer magical thyme May 2012 #44
Daily Marrah_G May 2012 #46
yes. it lives with you forever. ibegurpard May 2012 #48
No. One guy tried to an asshole to me the first week at a new high school, but I fucked his shit up Ikonoklast May 2012 #49
The too-smart shy kid with the coke bottle glasses LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #50
Yup...all the way to High school when I changed schools nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #52
Yes. DevonRex May 2012 #53
By a teacher in high school who, without my knowledge, shared a story I wrote with LibDemAlways May 2012 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl May 2012 #55
Nothing too major JonLP24 May 2012 #56
My daughter was being bullied by a girl a school cherish44 May 2012 #57
Yes, I went to a private school with kids whose parents had lots of money Raine May 2012 #58
Yes - I was the fat kid, but I also bullied nadine_mn May 2012 #60
I was small for my age and wore 2nd hand clothes annonymous May 2012 #61
Yes. And the interesting thing is, Chorophyll May 2012 #62
Even though the things I did are beyond statutes of limitations, I cannot post them slackmaster May 2012 #63
Yup but it helped make me who I am today... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #64
So you think you would not be who you are because someone bullied you? cynatnite May 2012 #66
I know I wouldn't be... Cave_Johnson May 2012 #71
When I fought back against a kid who was bullying me deutsey May 2012 #65
How many DUers know that "fighting back" these days means you are expelled from school? riderinthestorm May 2012 #68
Yeah, more and more schools are explicitly forbidding self-defense Posteritatis May 2012 #80
My niece carries pepper spray to school. She's been mercilessly bullied her entire school career riderinthestorm May 2012 #91
+1000. HughBeaumont May 2012 #93
Riding the school bus was horrible. Lars39 May 2012 #69
YES, as a teenager and I still remember the name of the bully. nt mfcorey1 May 2012 #70
Yes, starting in the 1st grade (nt) varelse May 2012 #73
7th and 8th grade were pure Hell . . . tilsammans May 2012 #75
But not by children, to speak of. Control-Z May 2012 #77
Yes - through quite a few phases of my life. Initech May 2012 #78
I was a nerdy late bloomer two years younger than her classmates. LeftyMom May 2012 #79
Yes. At 14, four older boys beat me senseless. cliffordu May 2012 #81
Yes. All throughout my school years, up until college. Jamaal510 May 2012 #82
Yes. Wasn't fun. Wasn't scarred. Saw it as a passage. Skip Intro May 2012 #83
Because it's just that easy, right? (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #87
Oh, in HS, constantly. HughBeaumont May 2012 #84
In 10th grade, the worst year of school for me. Jennicut May 2012 #85
I was the tallest kid all through elementary school blueamy66 May 2012 #86
Sure. I was a skinny, new kid in school. I was picked on nearly every day. nt Ilsa May 2012 #89
Yeah - not very much, but I have been. Dash87 May 2012 #90
a tiny bit. about age 10, a larger girl focused on me for some reason, would push & hit me. one day Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #94
Yep... K & R !!! WillyT May 2012 #95
No (nt) bigwillq May 2012 #97
Everyone has at some point BrownianNotion May 2012 #98
Yes, but at least once in my life I was the bully. I was also an idiot at the time. jwirr May 2012 #99
Yeah, I was bullied. Oddly enough, I actually became friends with him. sakabatou May 2012 #100
Yes. Iggo May 2012 #103
Can't really say Xyzse May 2012 #104
In freaking college of all places. ieoeja May 2012 #105
Yes Jack Rabbit May 2012 #106
Nope. And, I Wasn't A Bully Either ProfessorGAC May 2012 #107
My freshman year at the private high school that I went to for two years Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #108
Started in the 7th grade Mad-in-Mo May 2012 #109
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