Well I'm not what I'd call fiesty - I came from a violent home with a mother that never stopped crying and used to treat me like a friend instead of her DD.
I was bullied all the way through school because of the disability (so was Andy, that's why he's into home ed). I didn't make friends in college as no one would sit next to me and I was too shy to approach them. I did speak to a few people at uni and we'd go to the pub at lunch times etc.
I have never been to a night club or anything, I would be too nervous to go.
No one has ever really treated me 100% apart from my closest female friend who is 40 and has been a really great friend to me for 4 years.
The court hearing was the first time in my life I ever tried to fight back and of course after 2 and a half years of fight, I lost. Hence my total lack of interest in taking him to court. I just wouldn't as it wouldn't get me anywhere and would only upset me.
In some ways it was helpful to go through as I am more assertive now and don't put up with quite as much, and I'm more confident, but I still get easily upset by things people say, and even my kids, if they make a remark that bothers me I end up in tears so I have been trying DB'ing on them when they are here.
