I myself was bullied for years starting with so called friends who turned on me for no apparent reason back in 6th grade all the way up to h.s. The worst bullying came from other girls mostly and a few guys that knew them. The bullying was at it's worst in Jr. High. H.S wasn't so bad. A few mean girls would insult me as they passed by me here and there, but I mostly just ignored them.

I was to passive and very shy back then, so I was an easy target, especially since I never had any friends who stuck up for me. I guess that they were afraid of being bullied themselves. When I was in my 20's and 30's, but mostly in my 20's, my husband sort of bullied me and so did my MIL, sister, and parents. My sister and parents were always bullies, but to make a long story short, I finally stood up to all of them for good and started being brutally direct. I would scream and yell at them if I had to.

I wouldn't back down one bit whenever they tried to force me to act or think a certain way, or do things that I hated such as spending time with my husbands rude friend who'd only end up ignoring me when I was around them. They'd rudely talk in their own native tongue and my husband ended up telling me that it was my fault that people didn't want to socialize with me as I couldn't understand the language. He expected me to learn his native language so that I could communicate with those jerk friends of his. Uh, hell no! It has been a long battle, but I finally won the war- I definitely stick up for myself now 99% of the time.

Even if I don't say anything, if someone is being rude and obnoxious, I'll at least give them a dirty look, lol! I don't take crap from anyone anymore! So I rarely get bullied by anyone anymore! I think that bullies like to prey on those that they think are "weak", "shy", passive, those that won't fight back or be resistant towards them in any way, people with few to no friends, those who are different, those who are alone, etc....They are cowards who aren't that happy with themselves or their lives.

They are often angry people who think that they are better than other people, and that other people need to bow down to them for whatever reason. I think that most of them are narcissistic people who lack empathy for others. Bullies suck and I hate them with a passion. I'm every bullies worse nightmare most of the time now, LOL!