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Either when you were a child.. maybe while you were in school or on a sports team? Or how about as an adult? In the USA, in some states atleast, bullying is against the law. Yet in England there are no rules on bullying. I'm not bashing England though it's just that I read about it this morning and it's fresh in my mind. [[http://www.jonesborosun.com/story.php?ID=44897]]
In Jr. high I had a friend that wanted me to bully someone she knew because she said this other person had been abusing her. So I went along with her plan, but what I was actually doing was making myself look bad so that the other person would come to "my friend's" rescue! Initially I didn't realize that the person she wanted me to bully was actually someone she wanted to be friends with. When the tables turned and the two of them alienated me I learned a life long lesson.
The complex webs spun by bullies and their cronies are profound. They usually do it so no one else sees it and they end up looking like heros!!
Down with bullying! Down with abusive people!
Have a good day. I'm going to.
In Jr. high I had a friend that wanted me to bully someone she knew because she said this other person had been abusing her. So I went along with her plan, but what I was actually doing was making myself look bad so that the other person would come to "my friend's" rescue! Initially I didn't realize that the person she wanted me to bully was actually someone she wanted to be friends with. When the tables turned and the two of them alienated me I learned a life long lesson.
The complex webs spun by bullies and their cronies are profound. They usually do it so no one else sees it and they end up looking like heros!!
Down with bullying! Down with abusive people!
Have a good day. I'm going to.
I'm doing a LOT of thinking about this.
SamW I like what your dad said.. that's another view.
Since being diagnosed my brother and sister bully me, my father bullied me, I was bullied at jobs and in relationships all because of the stigma of mental illness. Have been there a lot in my life...yes down with bullies but it's pretty hard when you are mentally ill sometimes.
When I went to Continuation School the bullying stopped. I had more friends then they did because they went to C School too and I wouldn't back down anymore. It also helped to be friends with the 7 ft. Black Guy.
But the day before, he went to buy me lunch off campus and I didn't have enough money to pay him. I told him I'd pay him the next day. Didn't know I'd never see him again. That's when my husband so sweetly said, "So you owe a dead guy money." Bizarro thought. On we go.
Now my mouth does get me in trouble with angry outbursts and it is possible I did that in high school some too, I guess? Not really sure as I don't remember large chunks of my childhood.