[Jimbuna]

Well, seeing as how examples are being posted.....heres mine.

About 13 years of age and my school teamed up with another local school and went on a weeks stay in log cabins at an area in the UK known as The Lake District.

This individual from the other school obviously took an instant dislike to me and started name calling in front of his peer group.

My peer group started questioning me and asking why I didn't retaliate.

I wasn't entirely honest in my response when I said I didn't like conflict because tbh, this guy frightened me.

After a few days and a steady escalation of his verbal bullying of me my peer group started asking me if I was a man or a mouse.

There are few things in a young persons life that are more traumatic than losing the respect of his peer group IMO.

You could say that was the final straw, so the next day I approached this guy in a well populated area of the camp to ensure there were witnesses and offered him a fight.....I can tell you the cheeks of my arse were chewing themselves to death LOL.

To my utter amazement the guy backed down saying he was only joking and he never bothered me again.....we have been friends ever since.