Oh yeah, couldn't get a seat on the school bus, bullied by the neighborhood kids at home and in school, picked last for everything, no one wanted to partner up with me for classroom stuff. Called incredible names. Been there, done that.

Cried my eyes out. Chewed the s**t out of my knuckles on one hand. Used to get terrible stomachaches because I dreaded going to school.

The BS fades as you get older or if you change your core group of friends/peers. Older people do not tend to judge someone the same way they did when they were young. They wise up with age.

There are still bumps in the road and they are jarring, but you do get past them.

My defense is a good supply of stinging one-liners.