-=> Quoting Bryan Handfield to Nancy Backus on 24-Nov-2015 19:40 <=-   
    BH> -=[On 11-23-15 18:10, Nancy Backus wrote to Bryan Handfield below:]=-   
    BH> -=[Re: Re: Cruelty Was: Trying ]=-   
       
    BH>> I feel fortunate for that but my heart aches whenever I hear someone   
    BH>> being bullied... but secretly cheer for those people that beat up   
    BH>> the bully :)   
    NB>> I used to get some of the flack... by standing with/up for the   
    NB>> underdogs... unfortunately, or maybe it was fortunately, that used to   
    NB>> keep me from being accepted into the cliques...  ;0  Didn't get any   
    NB>> physical bullying, but taunts can be quite hurtful, too...   
      
    BH> I never really had anyone to stand up for me.  I was left to fend for   
    BH> myself, such is life :)   
      
   That's usually the case, I suppose...  Fortunately, most people manage   
   to survive the ordeal...  :)  And, perhaps, are the stronger and/or the   
   better for it...  :)   
      
    BH> ... Adversity makes people wise but not rich.   
      
   Not a given on either side of that...  ;)   Can make them wise... and   
   rarely makes them rich...  Depends on how one meets the adversity...    
      
   ttyl       neb   
      
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