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In reply to the discussion: Bullying yesterday and today...what's the difference? Comparison and contrast. [View all]hunter
(38,309 posts)...back in my hometown. I'm married with kids. Still am. My life hasn't been a total catastrophe, even at my worst. I have many stories.
I once crossed paths with a guy who had bullied me in high school. I'd had many life adventures by then. But he was trapped as the insecure pretty boy-toy of a wealthy cougar who was holding him tight. He'd graduated from high school, never been much beyond that.
He was sweating, not me. I was nice. Very pleasant. Did not speak of the times he spit on my bicycle seat or tripped me up in the hallways. Not even the times he made fun of my late-blooming high school hairlessness. (I kept growing until I was 25 and gained six inches on him.)
I sometimes wonder if Ms. Cougar kept him or paid him to leave. But I avoid facebook.
Honestly, I hope he found a comfortable life. He sucked in high school because his own life sucked. When I was a public school science teacher I learned first hand how much some kid's lives suck.
My own wretched high school experience was little more than the wrong place at the wrong time. Of all the things that twisted me, this guy was not among the worst.