So far, everyone I know has been extremely tolerant. I am still in my early teens, though, and my parents do buy me Lego as a present for my birthday or other occasions. It's not like they'll get me something else, because they don't want me to 'play' with Lego. I do go to a rather small school right now (Aprox. 30 people in my grade), and everyone knows, and thinks it's cool that I like Lego. I'm really sorry for what you had to go through, and I hope that I, nor anyone else has to go through that situation as well.