You know, once I got out of high school I swore to myself that I would stand up to bullies.  I was tormented by them all throughout junior high and high school, and I didn't think I had the means or the support to fight back.  But I became an adult, and I didn't have to schlep to the same place over and over, and so I was able to avoid the assholes who hated me.

Unfortunately, though, this is life, and assholes still bedevil me.  I've thought about what I would do if I were bullied as an adult.  Do I stand up for myself?  Could I stand up for myself?