tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post8000330358480893240..comments2023-10-25T11:54:51.377-04:00Comments on Adventures in Estrogen: Flashback Friday: The SweaterLady Estrogenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-88557991029973373272013-09-05T09:48:57.310-04:002013-09-05T09:48:57.310-04:00I was a unique breed of kid and actually never rea...I was a unique breed of kid and actually never really cared what people thought of me, I was my own critic. But I did encounter bullying once, but it was because these group of girls thought I told on them, when in reality, my friend did. I didn't know she told on them so I just kept denying it for the both of us. They surrounded me and were about to jump me (5 on 1... how fair right?) and the only thing I thought to say was "I'm not going to fight you because I just got my nails done." I'm not even kidding. And they decided not to jump me, I don't know if it was because of what I said or I was looking rather fierce that day. MomChalanthttp://www.momchalant.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-31415525881710530932013-08-26T15:04:10.818-04:002013-08-26T15:04:10.818-04:00Wow LE thank you for sharing- I was also the outgo...Wow LE thank you for sharing- I was also the outgoing one and despite my coke-bottle glasses, I always had tons of friends. Somehow I became the object of the school bully's obsession and soon became "Captain Goofy Goggles" in the halls of my high school. "Goofs! Goofs!" He and his gaggle of a-hole friends would yell. "Can you see craters on the moon, Goofs?!" I got my revenge a few years later when I ran into him at a college party and I realize he didn't recognize me. He was hitting on me hard, wanting to get my number and to go out. In front of all his friends, I said, "You wouldn't want to be seen at dinner with Captain Goofy Goggles, would you?" <br />HIs response, <br />"Goofs, you got contacts! You look great!" <br />I said, "You know what I always looked great. But you were always ugly, inside and out." <br />It did feel good to tell him off but never will I forget his cruelty. TracyontheRockshttp://www.tracyontherocks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-82973519542858799402013-08-24T10:43:26.325-04:002013-08-24T10:43:26.325-04:00I know exactly where you are coming from. MY best...I know exactly where you are coming from. MY best friend taunted me for sitting at the front of a maths class, which I had only done because I was struggling to see the board. As she taunted me it gave the rest permission to do so. I left school in tears and after 2 weeks my doctor basically said I needed to stay away from school for a while. When I returned, I ignored every one and everything every one said. As it was through the exams I left school talking to only 1 or 2 people.<br /><br />3 years later the same 'best friend' stood in my queue at a shop I had a saturday job at and wanted a conversation. I looked at her in disbelief and told her I would never forget what she did and I hoped she taught her kids not to do the same thing in the future as that 'childhood bullying which meant nothing' stays with people and shapes their future reactions in differing situations.Ribena Tina @ Ribena Musingshttp://ribenamusings.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-51907420027262999162013-08-23T15:44:39.582-04:002013-08-23T15:44:39.582-04:00Despite my weight and my oily face going through p...Despite my weight and my oily face going through puberty way too early, I'd always been able to handle myself & ward off potential causes for ridicule by being super outgoing. This? Beat me down.Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-50755668121739449832013-08-23T14:18:55.104-04:002013-08-23T14:18:55.104-04:00I detest bullies....I got bullied when I was littl...I detest bullies....I got bullied when I was little a lot because of my red hair.A Daft Scots Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922985143036647579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-47531561687786568092013-08-23T12:11:25.208-04:002013-08-23T12:11:25.208-04:00That is completely awful my friend, and I'm so...That is completely awful my friend, and I'm so sorry you had to go through something like that. I guess I didn't matter enough to be bullied, people pretty much left me alone. I was picked on a little bit by this person or that person, but I found ways to walk away and ignore them and of course cry where no one saw me and eventually was left alone. This was mostly elementary and junior high. High school, I wasn't even a blip on the radar Freshman or Sophomore years...so that's a blessing.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481911606618007659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-66263508441880829572013-08-23T10:59:05.406-04:002013-08-23T10:59:05.406-04:00Initiations weren't banned at my high school b...Initiations weren't banned at my high school but they were really only done to younger brothers or sisters of kids at the school that were a-holes or they were already a-holes. My BFF's brother got duct taped upside down to a tree, but he kinda deserved it. lol<br /><br />We only had 1 suicide at my high school (during school years) but he was never bullied. He kept to himself, mostly. I think he just was very ill and suffered from his own demons ;(Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-91377329589838250532013-08-23T10:43:55.471-04:002013-08-23T10:43:55.471-04:00High school kids are just as nasty as elementary s...High school kids are just as nasty as elementary schoolers, aren't they? The cliques just get worse as we got older. I'm also SO very glad there was no social media when I was in school: at least I got a break when I got home in those periods I was bulled (mostly because anyone who had the guts to call and try to taunt faced the wrath of parental units, and so didn't call again). I just watched Dazed and Confused again the other day, and I wonder sometimes if the sanctioned bullying in that movie (via initiation that EVERYONE went through) was a way to mitigate the bullying tendencies of asshole teenagers, or if it was just as bad after initiation. By the time I was in high school initiations were banned. <br /><br />But I don't recall a single instance in my school district of a kid killing him/herself because they were tormented 24/7 the way they are today. It's enough to make homeschooling the star option for kids. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04337112642964833390noreply@blogger.com