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cgod · 4829 days ago · link · · parent · post: Bullying: All it took was an apology and the healing began
The bullying that hurt me the most was imposed by adults when I was child. Teachers, friends of the family and family members. There are at least three teacher I would like to menace savagely if I met them. My step grandfather would do shit like grab me by the back of the arm and pinch it hard and have a good laugh. I almost never took stuff like that to my parents, maybe because they had told me to just deal with it (which may not have been a bad lesson). Years later as a man seeing my step grandpa I can remember shaking his had hard and not letting go, watching him wince and try to pull back as we were locked eye to eye in front of my parents. I got some dirty looks from my Mom, and a speech later, but he had it coming, or maybe not. Just one powerful person picking on another powerless person, maybe it didn't matter that the tables were turned.
I remember going with the pack and casting kids out of the social pack, I regret that, I don't think I'll ever make amends.