I was bullied like that during primary school, and more psychologically on high school. I do see my primary school tormentors from time to time, but they never actually did something and generally act like they don't know me. I think the fact that I've grown to a towering 1.96 meters with a pretty beefy upper body helps a bit.
But honestly, I'm kind of waiting and secretly hoping someone will do something. I have years and years of pure rage and grief balled up inside into one big ball of fury, and it's really eating at me. A part of me wants to release it, act upon in in mad glee. I kind of fear someone might really get hurt if I do that though,
really get hurt, not just a split lip.
Caliostro said:
It's the fact that people see this as a good solution and take pride in it that bothers me.
It's a good solution in that in this situation it worked really damn well. It ain't pretty, but it did what a solution is supposed to do; solve stuff.
It's a painful truth, but often the only way to get rid of bullies is to counter them with all that you've got. Bullies pick weak targets, showing that you're not weak gets rid of them. School's a dog-eat-dog world, especially for the geeks among us.
