I remember being teased. While I don't think it is as severe as some bullying stories I've read in recent times, I definitely remember being made fun of... made me stronger later?
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I definitely remember being made fun of for things. I don't think I was "bullied", at least not to the extent that it happens today.
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I was made fun of and I remember quite a few occasions.
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I remember some distinct moments of bullying in elementary school but I never had any issues in high school /university
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I was bullied in high school by a group of guys, three of them were suspended freshman year of high school for the things they did. I laugh it off now, but they used to have bets who could make me and my best friend cry (we were cheerleaders, so most involved skirt flipping/what would be considered sexual harassment now and mean words.)
I finally grew a thick skin & stopped crying (helped I finally grew into my body) and put the classmates behind me and made friends with the older guys, and the teasing stopped since it was older football players I befriended
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No, not really. Just one comment from middle school stuck with me. I think bullying is exactly the same as it has always been. Kids are just more sensitive now. Bullying has been around forevvver! I never let it stick though.
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I was bullied pretty severely. Looking back, I'm just thankful it was before cyber bullying was the "trend".
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@MrsTiz: I definitely agree it's been around forever and that kids are possibly a bit more sensitive. However, on the same note, I think some kids are brought up a bit meaner too.
@runsyellowlites: Cyber bullying scares me more than regular bullying. Only because I know what kind of stuff I got into on the internet. Thankfully I'm much more aware of internet going-ons than my parents were. But I am with you there.
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Never, thank goodness! I really feel for kids these days. I don't think bullying is significantly worse but I don't think kids are more sensitive either. What has changed is social media. Kids no longer have any escape from bullies. Even if they're home alone it often continues through Facebook, Twitter, etc. just heartbreaking and scary.
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yup. I remember being called Bug Eyes all the time, and in 4th grade a girl rubbed my back at recess all sweet and later I found out she put a sticker on my back that said something mean. I forget what.
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Yes, I remember vividly being teased. Middle school was hell. Not as bad as a lot of kids have had it, but I had nasty rumors spread about me and told I was a slut or worse on a daily basis. It was awful. I hope I'm able to better prepare my daughter to deal with bullying.
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Yes, it was pretty bad but nothing like what is happening today.
They would chase me around with tree branches and scratch me all up (I was only about eight), pull my hair, call me names, steal my stuff... but the things I hear about now make me think I got off easy. -
@.twist.: My high school years were right on the cusp of it! I really lucked out. I dealt with some major depression & emotional issues from it & hate to even think about how it could've been worse.
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I was picked on by a couple bullies over the younger years. It definitely affected my already fragile self esteem.
Compared to some of the other bullying, I saw as a kid, it wasn't that bad. I didn't have to change schools or anything. It was probably just a lot of inner conflict not much physical bullying.
Nowadays with the social media bullying, I don't know if I could handle it as a kid.
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Yes. I was teased. In elementary school it was because I have a big forehead and was pale. Nothing like what goes on today. So scared for DD.
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I was never bullied. I would say I wasn't even teased much, except in a nice-ish way. I'm not sure why, but even now, things/comments from other people don't bother me much.
I can think of 1-2 incidences in my entire life that still bother me, and they were both when I was an adult, and both by random strangers. Now that I have more experience in a big city, I think the people were just mentally ill, but at the time, those experiences really freaked me out.
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I was never bullied. I think back then girls had it easier..?
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I was teased for being fair skinned, but I wouldn't call it bullying. It wasn't every day.
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I was bullied a lot because of my overbite and race in elementary school, and in high school I was teased a lot because of my glasses.
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@luckypenny: what's up with people making fun of you because you're pale?? I had this happen to me, too. Kids called me "snowman" because I was "so white". It really gave me a complex, and looking back I think that's about the most ridiculous thing to make fun of someone about.
I also got made fun of because I (sometimes) have a stutter. But I guess that's just par for the course in junior high.
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@Leialou: you, too?! Seriously, so dumb.
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@allison: who knows?! So lame! But I grew up in FL and EVERYONE had a tan year round. Should have grown up in Seattle.
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All the time. Would come home crying a lot. I was the fat kid. For the most part the girls were pretty nice. they never really said anything to my face im sure there was talk behind my back. the boys were evil, till I got boobs.
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