Same for me, getting bullied for nearly 10 years straight in school, make me want to do the WORST to them when I see them again. BUT at same time, I fear that if I see them again, and they change far from what they were in school years... then what should I feel about that? Ideally, one would just forgive them, and go on with their life, but.... with all the anger, regret, fear, rage, and more, yet you don't really know where to put them.Even now, decades later, I occasionally have thoughts cross my mind of how I would react, or what I would say, if I had a sudden meeting with the classmates that bullied me back in elementary school.
Still haven't come up with an actual answer either.
@lesseffectiveSame for me, getting bullies for nearly 10 years straight in school, make me want to do the WORST to them when I see them again. BUT at same time, I fear that if I see them again, and they change far from what they were in school years... then what should I feel about that? Ideally, one would just forgive them, and go on with their life, but.... with all the anger, regret, fear, rage, and more, yet you don't really know where to put them.
At my class reunion I saw the only one of mine who was still bullying me senior year of HS do a double-take when she saw me (in the middle of doing her "white girl badly attempting to dance like a rapper's background dancer") but we both kept to our own groups.@lesseffective
Oddly the answer is they rarely remember or just outright ignore you. I've encountered a few of my bullies over the three decades since I left highschool and most just walk past without even noticing.
Then again I'm not really the beanpole I was growing up either, so maybe they wouldn't connect the bearded overweight guy with a limp to the scarecrow of my youth.
Thanks for the input ❤️I really like the new font, very readable. Thanks for the chapter!