Originally posted by twist
There you go again with the bad vibes. Escalation of violence and shit. Try not being a pussy, stand your ground. Remember, however, you can be expelled from school for fighting. Best avoid them until they found a new person to pick on. Stay away from them without running like a coward. But when they least expect it, place a dead squirrel in their glove box. Do this during a hot summer. Other acts of vandalism will get you in trouble or cause them to respond in kind. Believe me, I have been a victim of this. Stick with subtle shit, like the squirel.twist<--37 years old and still cannot park his car on the street in front of his childhood home without some 37 year old asshole tossing an egg on it
I have to agree with Twist...mostly.
My uncle was over 6' when he was your age, and he ALWAYS got picked on. I would guess that guys with low self-esteem are using you to raise their self-esteem. If they can beat up a big guy like you, then they must not be as low as they feel. That kind of stuff. They probably get punched around at home, or girls won't talk to them, or something, so they're doing what they can to cope, even if it's an inappropriate coping mechanism like bullying.
Forget retaliation. It will only bring trouble. You can get expelled, or even arrested. Those kind of negative marks can follow you around for the rest of your life. Retaliation can escalate to the point where things are totally out of control, and can bring consequences that nobody foresaw or intended. Leave the retaliation alone.
BUT: Stand up to bullies; they're cowards, and thrive on victims who are afraid of them. Stand up to a bully, and make it clear that you will kick the living shit out of him IF YOU HAVE TO. That's the key. You will defend yourself, and he will pay the price, if he doesn't back down. Walk away from a fight if you can. Let him walk away from a fight if he wants to. But if he won't let you walk away, kick the living shit out of him. Well, at least until he backs down-- you don't want to actually kill somebody, or put him in the hospital. The courts would tend to frown on anything that goes beyond self-defense.
Listen, you're only 15. In 2 or 3 years, you'll graduate, and you will probably never se these assholes again. You'll all go to college, or enlist in the military, or move to another neighborhood, or something. You'll never see them again. At your age, 2 or 3 years can seem like forever, but trust me, it's not. It goes by very, very quickly. You will soon be at a point in your life where you will never see these assholes again.
The funny thing is, in 20 years, none of this will matter. Life will have dealt with the assholes. Some will be divorced, some will be bankrupt, some will be in jail, some will be dead. It happens. 20 years from now, you'll realize how utterly unimportant these assholes have been in your life. So don't spend too much time worrying about them now. And don't go looking for trouble now. Life can bring enough trouble on its own, thank you very much, without you going looking for it. Stay away from retaliation, but stand up to bullies if you have to.
And go looking for the good things in life. You know what I mean. If you love her, tell her.