Wish I could have been as strong as you. I'd been burned too many times that it really affected my self-esteem even to this day. Middle school and high school are THE WORST ways to experience your teenage years.
Oh, it affected my self-esteem as well, but I've got too much fight in me to let crap like that go. And bullies turn me into a rabid she-wolf.
So while I was self-doubting my choice in clothes, hair, body, height, and overall appearance thanks to their BS (never my intelligence because I knew I was smarter than all of them put together, though that's not saying much...), I wasn't about to take it lying down. I learned at a young age that getting pissed and getting even are better than crying. Probably because my parents and older brother made fun of me when I cried, so I learned to control that emotion and feed the anger, instead.
Wish I could have been as strong as you. I'd been burned too many times that it really affected my self-esteem even to this day. Middle school and high school are THE WORST ways to experience your teenage years.
Oh, it affected my self-esteem as well, but I've got too much fight in me to let crap like that go. And bullies turn me into a rabid she-wolf.
So while I was self-doubting my choice in clothes, hair, body, height, and overall appearance thanks to their BS (never my intelligence because I knew I was smarter than all of them put together, though that's not saying much...), I wasn't about to take it lying down. I learned at a young age that getting pissed and getting even are better than crying. Probably because my parents and older brother made fun of me when I cried, so I learned to control that emotion and feed the anger, instead.