Yep... same here. I got bullied and picked on up through the seventh grade when I’d finally had enough and responded to a bully by bloodying his face pretty good. Nobody ever bothered me again. That was the last fight I have been in.
There comes a time when most boys have to smack a bully or two. Today girls have to deal with physical bullying, too. It used to just be girls just dealt with the catty psychological warfare of the gang.
We were not designed to grow up in herds.