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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Standing up for one's self isn't the same thing as "kicking their ass." It's the difference between passive/assertive/aggressive. Odds are, k_s you experienced isolated incidents of "bullying" but because of how it was handled on your part or the part of others it never became a pattern. (And you stated you had a few individual things said.) That's not really shocking, I'm not sure why others are so incredulous.
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Maybe it's just semantics, but I see bullying as a pattern of getting picked on. I don't think one or two incidents = bullying. Also, my parents were military, so I've been in military settings for my entire life. Kids acted out from time to time, but fear of getting caught by your parents or someone in their unit(s) stopped them from going too far. That, along with my attitude and build, is why I think I wasn't bullied.
And yeah, ass kicking isn't always
the answer, but sometimes it is
an answer.