I was never bothered by physical bullies, but the verbal ones tried to get me. I found, though, that I didn't care what they said about me. I suppose you could say I was mildly harassed in school sometimes-- among other things, a group of boys in middle school decided to make fun of my unshaven legs when I passed them, and I found a derogatory note from them in my locker once-- but I didn't feel harassed. I ignored whatever they said, and I threw the note away as soon as I found it and promptly forgot about it. I suppose it's just lucky that no one ever tried to hit me. It wouldn't have been possible to ignore that.

As for how it's affected my adult life... it hasn't. I doubt that I'll ever see those same people again, and I never think of them. I don't even remember what they look like.

Maryam