For Three Years, I Hid In A Bathroom Stall To Eat Lunch Because Of My Bully—Twenty Years Later, Her Husband Called Me

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“She says I don’t belong in STEM,” Natalie wrote. “That I’m too sensitive. Sometimes I think she’s right.”

My fingers hovered over the keyboard for a second before I started typing.

“I know exactly how that feels,” I wrote back. “But none of what she says defines who you are. You belong exactly where you choose to be, and no one gets to take continue reading …