Oh, they're EVERYWHERE!

We see these girls (and sometimes guys) everywhere nowadays. Before it was much more easy to distinguish the good from the bad, but now they use a better camouflage.

They have internet, now. A way for them to point out every single thing wrong with you, without actually doing it to your face.

Throughout my life, unfortunately, the teasing was more direct.
Most of it came from girls, thinking they were better because they were fit, and had a great smile.
I used to feel lesser than them for most part of my childhood.

In second grade, I "fell" for this kid named Jason. Gosh, he was so damn cute. He was the Brad Pitt of our class. My best friend, had just found out about him, and her best friend was after those details.
I didn't want to tell Jessica because I already knew how her game worked. She was the backstabber, although I didn't even know the meaning of that term until later on in my life.
I tried to fight it, to not tell her, but in the end she got the best of me, and I chose to trust her.

Y'know how some people tell you that you should always learn from your mistakes?
Well, I sure as hell did.

After telling her, I don't even think that twenty minutes went by, and she had already told Jason about my conflicting crush on him. They tormented me the rest of the day. She laughed, while he made gestures as if  about to puke because the thought of me was so repugnant. I was hurt, baffled at the thought that this might be how I will be treated forever.

She's just one of the many examples of bullying that I've had. A lot of people have it worse, and in a way I'm thankful that my bullies were never as cruel to me as others from their species are to some people.

I don't speak their name in hate anymore. I actually thank them. They helped me get to where I am today and to where I'll be later in life.

Sure, it took me too long, but good things are worth waiting for. And those things that you want in life, you get if you work hard enough for them.

I understand now that they bullied me because I let them, because I didn't understand how strong I can actually be. Like everyone else out there who suffers from bullying, it takes themselves and the love of at least one person to guide them through the path to recovery and help them see that there is a world outside of bullying and they can get there.