SCHOOL BULLIES: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Reddit asked, “Anyone who still knows their bully from school, what are they doing now?” Some of the responses:
– “Thanks to the magic of social media, I’ve gotten to watch them fail at life.”
– “She married a cousin of my husband’s and convinced him to cut contact with his family.”
– “He messaged me on Facebook some 15 years later to apologize for bullying me and to tell me he’s becoming a priest.”
– “They are in jail, and guess what I’m the warden.”
– “Proctologist. I’m not joking. His dad was a proctologist, and now he is.”
– “One of the school bullies bullied me relentlessly in grade 7 and 8. But then we became really good friends starting in grade 9 when we developed friends in common and realized we were into the same stuff. We are still friends 30 years later. He’s a very kind person who has devoted his life to helping refugees.”
– “My 5th grade bully ended up as my sister-in-law. She still calls me every few months and I listen while she has a long emotional ramble. She’s told me a bunch of dark things about her dad, things that put her struggles into context. When she bullied me, her dad had just gone to jail. She clearly has some mental issues but she’s had some life experiences that really traumatized her too. Now I feel compassion for the hurt 10 year old who hurt me so long ago.”
– “Saw him at a bar once, in my home town. Came up and apologized for how he treated me and my brother, saying he was a a dumb kid that didn’t know better, that he had started a family and was trying to make amends. It was really heartfelt and I let him know I forgave him, the stupidity of childhood doesn’t need to continue to adulthood. But I didn’t remember him at all.”
– “I was the bully.. the kid I bullied turned out to be a great dude and my best friend in the whole world. I’m always grateful for him, his kindness, & forgiveness.”
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you know what happened to your bully? (Be warned: some people were really damaged by their bully and the stories aren’t pleasant!)