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I was teased for having fair skin, but I wasn't bullied.

Yes, I was bullied pretty frequently in middle school. It sucked. I hope LO doesn't have to go through it, but I also hope I can teach her ways to cope with it, and to never be the bully.

I was bullied quite significantly in high school....

I "busted" the group of girls I was friends with about their backstabbing ways (one of the only times I ever made waves) & told the QB that "no, I'm not going to do *that*".... combine that with going to a very small school (had less than 30 in my class) and I made my way to everyone's hate list pretty quick.

It got bad enough that I was places doing things I'd never heard of while I was out of town where it was physically impossible for me to have done, and I literally couldn't walk down the halls without being gossiped about. I'm incredibly thankful that it was before the days of cyber bullying b/c the regular at school, around town, and phone bullying was enough to send me into a 5 mth deep depression. I don't know if I wouldn't made it to adulthood in this day & age of bullying.

Apparently now I'm much bolder, more confident, and still get picked on. I guess I can just say I'm very popular for being "unpopular". lol

I definitely remember excessive teasing and I'd come home crying some days, but now I don't even remember what any of it was about!!!!

And in high school I was called "Wookie" because of my arm hair... But the older we got, the less mean people were, so thankfully people DO mature. And I'm glad Facebook and all those things weren't around when I was in school!! I'm worried about my poor baby growing up in this social media age!

@sorrycharlie: I'm just going to hope social media goes away by the time my baby's in school, haha! Or I'm going to try to keep him off it for as long as possible!!! I think the internet just makes it soooooooo much easier to bully people!!

Yes. To this day I have somewhat awkward relationships with people because of developing a thick skin I am hyper sensitive.

I was bullied in jr. high & beginning of HS, to the point of 3 boys being suspended. Luckily I did have great friends to stand by me and my older sister who actually brought it to a teacher's attention who then took it to administation. My school handled it well, even though I never had any intentions of bring it up myself. I was the cry in the bathroom but try & put on a tough front in class kind of person. Finally they left me alone since they didn't get the reaction they wanted (tears.)

Yup. Teasing more than bullying, I suppose. Like someone else said, it certainly became less, the older I got. By high school, I would say it didn't happen anymore. It's amazing what that did to my trust though. Even today, I find it hard to believe that people like me.