Bullying ysis: is bullying prevalent through the years of adulthood?

I just wanted to begin a topic about bullying. First I wanted to start off by asking the question "is everyone bullied regardless of social standing?" I myself have been bullied my whole life. Since that is the case I know when someone is trying to manipulate me. Interestingly, sometimes the bully will feel sorry of the person they are bullying and may retract and say something like "well never mind, that is too mean" even during the bullying process, this is even after the person being bullied may act or say they are not affected by it. Putting these situations aside I wonder if maybe at least most people are bullied through their life, but when put in a bullied situation, many times the confidence level of that individual defuses the situation, or if some never face any bullying at all? I have a very strong and confident demeanor, but until somebody knows that, they may look at my face or build, and think I am "cute" or somebody to pick on, despite my tallish height. One of the challenges I have faced with being bullied my whole life is getting the bullying to stop, or making combacks to the bully that stop him. One bully I know, if I start bullying him actually, you can definitely see his body language retract, and he seems to not want to talk, then calls me mean for making comments to him and actually acting quite effected. A few days later, the banter and bullying starts again from his end, and it just doesn't stop. This is not only one person, but most friends I have made have gotten to the point where they bullied me, except people that are smaller then me or very popular friends of mine that I have become close with, that because of their personality do not do that sort of thing. One thing I have noticed, is that bullying seems to exist more so amongst caucasian american people. When I Surround myself with more foreign individuals, I could know them for many years and not have a single instance of bullying. I have found when it comes to bullying, even the person being bullied can become the bully. The thing is at least in my case, I don't want to bully another person, but to be peacefull. I guess maybe these are all good experiences to make me a stronger and more developed individual, maybe more aware of my own problems even, but it's kind of tough to deal with. Sometimes I actually like being bullied, because if the bully has some truth to his manipulation towards me, I can simply change that aspect of my life to make it better. You all should tell me of any bullying experiences you have had in adulthood. How did you deal with them? Does it happen a lot in the workplace? Have you become a stronger individual? On the flipside do you find yourself being the bully?