Today, I had to attend a meeting with my parents, my teacher, and my bully and his parents. When we started, my bully "broke down" and "tearfully" told the teacher that I was the one bullying him, and that he was getting blamed to cover it all up. They believed him. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I finally stood up for myself and beat the crap out of a bully at school, as my father told me to do. The kid and I were called to the principal's office, along with our parents. Inside my father's smirk faded when he saw that the kid's mom was his boss. FML
Today, I bullied a kid at school, just so someone would talk to me. FML
Today, I asked my school counselor in strict confidence for advice on how to help a friend of mine, who has bulimia. When I got home, I found out that "someone" had called my parents and told them that I'm bulimic. They won't believe the truth. FML
Today, I gave a presentation about how teachers don't intervene enough when students are being bullied. Afterwards, I was practically bullied by my teacher for "not choosing a serious topic." FML
Today, I fought back with words against a bully. He cried, and I got detention. FML
Today, I set off a fire alarm in school. I was taken to the head teacher's office, where he said that though he was shocked at my behavior, it was nice to see me being more like regular students and trying to fit in, instead of isolating myself as usual. I was shoved into the fire alarm by bullies. FML
Today, I stood up to the school bully in a fight. Rather than thank me, the whole school, including some of his victims, now treat me like a psycho. Apparently they tolerated him because of his terrible foster parents, so me hitting him was actually way out of line, and insensitive. How did I become the bad guy here? FML
Today, I finally had it with the redneck bully who's been tormenting me. He was repeatedly poking and pinching me and laughing out loud during class, so I slung him to the ground, pinning him. I got suspended. They only called his parents, who never do anything; my "caring" parents are looking into teen boot camp. FML
Today, one of my friends got me in trouble when he called our house and asked my parents why they didn't see us at a school conference. My parents were at a meeting elsewhere at the time, so I didn't bother to tell them about it, as we couldn't have gone there to begin with, and it was voluntary. They're mad anyway. FML
Today, I finally confronted my bully. Too bad it was at my high school reunion and he beat the shit out of me. FML
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bethrh 49
Damn, there are some real scumbags in the world.
stingray112 24
How would the kid even have any evidence to prove you were bullying him if you were the victim
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Mathalamus 25
Wow. Been a while since assholes like those exists. I was hoping they got extinct. Ah well...
laranicolebaby 25
One solution: get evidence. Put your phone on record(assuming you have one)& try your best to not make it obvious
GokuSS400 18
Even if they got evidence, the more likely scenario would end up being that the school suspends them both. Yes it sounds stupid to suspend both the bully and the victim, but that's generally how schools dish out their "zero tolerance" policies.
DoomedGemini 38
If they are both going to get suspended anyway considering the bully is claiming op bullied him, why not clear your name at least?
laranicolebaby 25
That is true, I guess I don't really know the extent of the bullying going on if it's just verbal then recording could help but physical would have the no tolerance policy come in to play. You're right
writerchic85 26
At that point I would just punch the guy in the face then. Hey, they already think she's a bully might as well run with it. And maybe he will leave her alone after that.
InfiniteSunshine 32
This actually isn't a bad idea. It depends on the extent of the bullying, but if the bully is threatening or harassing the OP, which is generally something bullies do, they harass the person. The school might not do anything, but they could get the police involved. In Virginia, threatening someone is a crime, an oral threat of harm to kill or do bodily injury is a crime if it is committed on the grounds of a school or school activity. That charge would be a Class 1 misdemeanor, with maximum penalties of up to 12 months in jail. So if they record it, at the very least they have evidence to take it to higher authorities. Maybe even just mentioning that they are going to do this, might be enough for the bully to back off.
rosesarenice 5
Normally in some states it's illegal to record without the other person knowing so if they did record it couldn't be used as evidence.
CheshireHalli 19
Actually, if I recall my business law class correctly, in quite a chunk of states, if you are involved in the conversation, it's legal to record without the other party's consent.
InfiniteSunshine 32
Virginia is a 1 party consent recording state. That means only one of the parties needs to consent to the recording of the conversation or actions. In this case, that would be the OP consents since they're the one doing the recording, and the consent of the other person/bully is not needed, it can even be done without their knowledge.
DoomedGemini 38
Also, social media can also help. Our bullies finally got in trouble when a friend friended them and printed out the conversations of them saying how they wanted to bush our friend after school and beat her possibly to death.
Brandi_Faith 34
I was looking for this comment. Definitely try and record the bully! You could go up to them after this meeting and say something along the lines of "why did you say I was bullying you when you're the one that has been bullying and harassing me for so long? You never leave me alone, why?" Then you can hopefully record their response. As someone else mentioned, the recording(s) would be good to have not just for the school but in case you have to get the police involved as well. I'd try to record them a few times if possible. Also keep a diary of the times they bother you, what they did & when, and if there were any witnesses that would possibly tell what they saw.
TADspace 30
Hopefully you can ,at the minimum, convince your parents that you aren't doing anything, and they'll transfer you to a better school.
ladoom 23
Time to set him up. Devise a movie-style plan where the real bully is admitting the truth and everyone hears!
SweetestHeart93 18
that reminds me of how my older cousin and i went to the same school and he was bullying me and told the whole bus that i wet the bed and then when we got to school told my favorite teacher that i called him a big fat santa claus... luckily she believed me and not him.. but that really sucks that they didnt believe u were the one being bullied
NostalgiaFreak9 43
American schools in a nutshell
Chikiriwak 17
Ugh how infuriating!!! Maybe have some friends record him bullying you. Who knows maybe you will be yputube famous.
LittleLittlered7 6
YDI for being a snitch and giving someone a reason to bully you.
fakedsincerity 32
boring troll is boring.
writerchic85 26
It should seem odd to the adults in the room that you reporter being bullied if you were in fact the actual bully.
Leauge 13
The bully is 1. A good actor 2. Or every adult there was stupid.