“I was bullied by this massive guy when i was 15. He easily had a foot and 2-3 stone on me. Went on for about a year and then kind of fizzled out. Nothing too harsh, just the occasional bloody nose.
5 years later i wander into a new hairdresser in town to get a standard trim and here’s the guy cutting hair. He was incredibly apologetic and explained how he’d been so confused and angry because he couldn’t admit to himself that a massive, tough guy like him could be gay and want to be a hairdresser.
He had the final laugh though as he offered me free highlights to make up for things and i looked like a tool for the next 7 weeks.” — Gogsy1999
“I met them while I was working at subway. They were rich and still douches.” — That_Unknown_Guy
“third through sixth grade this punk made my life hell. That fat bastard Lenny had a gang even.
fast foward to just after college,making real money for they first time. i go to a shop to buy a high end sound upgrade for my new car and whodya know is there. Shitty shirt and tie and all.
Salesman shuffles up to me and i say “Hiya, Lenny. I’m here to buy, but not from you”. I walked over to another salseman and requested his assistance instead.
I spent over twice as much as i intended to, sort of my version of both middle fingers in the air. The look of hatred on his face as i pulled out the credit card made 8 year old me very content. Worth it!” — ratshack
“A girl and her clique bullied me quite badly when I was younger, and at the time I resented it a great deal.
10 years later she added me on Facebook out of the blue, and we actually had a really nice conversation about our lives and what we were up to these days. She somehow turned into a pretty decent person, and the unpleasant past was not mentioned once by either of us.
I have never really been good at holding grudges, and I do believe that people often grow into someone very different than who they once were. Not to make light of bullying but a lot of the time children have no idea of the damage that they do, and are the victims of awful parenting (such as poor discipline) themselves. Sorry, I know you guys would prefer something more juicy than this, and I’m sure some people stay assholes for their entire lives.” — MagnetHat
“The kid that bullied me the worst (gave me swirlies, paddled me, made fun of my mom after she died of cancer) got cancer at like 28. I’m glad. Fuck him.” — TheGreatGuidini
“I saw a bully from middle school in my local shoprite. He had a lot of problems. His mom had a heart attack, and he had a car accident and suffered serious back injuries.
When i first recognized him, i exclaimed, ‘I remember you! You were such an asshole to me in middle school!’ We laughed, and he told me the above. He apologized for acting like he did. He said something about this stuff happening to him because of how he treated me, but i was nice and i denied it.” — Plato_Karamazov
“I’d lost all the weight they bullied me for, her boyfriend tried to come onto me when we were both in a pub.
Long story short: Her chin, my fist, satisfaction.” — smallbrainbighead
“I’m the opposite. I WAS the bully. I was a completely different person in middle/high school, angry at my parents and such. I wasn’t a huge “stuff you in a locker” type of bully, I never hit anyone and never made them cough up their lunch money. But I did take every opportunity I could to verbally assault some people. I realized as I got out into the real world and became a father, just how much what I’d said hurt others. One of the victims of my diarrhea speach is a good friend of mine now. And any others, when I see them I go out of my way to take them aside and apologize for the way I treated them so long ago. I know it was wrong, and I can’t take it back. But I always tell them that I’m deeply sorry and that I am nothing like I used to be now.” — tar1010
“I was bullied through out my childhood by this one little toerag. Fast forward about 6 or 7 years and he was shot in the face in a drugs den. It was interesting reading the newspaper article that claimed he was a ‘wonderful person.'” — reddit
“In middle school I was absolutely tormented by this girl – she spread nasty rumors, manipulated other girls against me, did the whole “cold shoulder-refuse to acknowledge-and ostracize” deal. Eventually led to a host of social anxiety and insecurities that took a long time to recover from.
Years later, I ran into her at a coffee shop. I was the one to approach her – not aggressively but it felt amazing to be the one in “power”. I spoke positively and congratulated her on getting into a great school. It felt great to be the better person and it was obvious that she was hella uncomfortable and nervous to be around me.
Plus, she had developed a wicked unibrow.” — vergerunner
“I was flat-chested all of middle school and early high school.. One guy was relentless when he picked on me. Years later he ended up trying to sleep with me at a party I hosted.. I guess having large breasts made the difference for him.” — ho4show
“I had since grown up and become a successful IT pro. He was working the counter at a Pizza place me and my GF at the time had ordered from.
I acted like I didn’t recognize him. He recognized me though…” — big_steak
Via Reddit
