Last year I decided to tell my best friend that I was gay. However this didn't turn out so well after me and my friend had a fight. She had told every single person in my class and after that the whole school knew that I liked boys. I was teased, pushed, punched and verbally abused. I was so depressed, I would come home every day crying and thinking how much of how I wanted my life to end. After my friend apologized I forgave her and I thought the bullying had stopped. Unfortunately  it hadn't the physical and verbal abuse continued. This was the first time I told my parents about what was going on. They were devastated about what was happening to their little man. My mother decided to go up to the office which seemed to make the bullying worse. But I knew that my mother was only trying to help. After starting a new year in 7th grade, the bullying seemed to stop, and it did. I think the key to stopping it was just keep telling teachers and stand up for yourself.