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Would you be friends with someone who bullied you at school?

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Wantanotherpizza · 20/02/2025 10:40

We're mid 30s now and occasionally see her at events etc. But sometimes wish I'd told her where to go a while ago.
I know kids can be cruel and people can change. At school I had crooked teeth before my braces and she'd say things like 'you'd be pretty if only you fixed your teeth'.
Or she'd make jibes about my acne. She was annoyed for some reason or another so decided to rip up a piece of my A-Level work.

I'd walk to school with her and she'd be moody and cold with me for no apparent reason then nice with everyone at school.
She didn't like me hanging out with a friend of hers who id met, threatened to stop speaking to me if I hung out with her again and then when I did, they started hanging out as a group and never invited me.

Would join in with other bullies in school and laugh at what they said about me. I remember her once asking a lad who was prettier out of me or her, he said both to be polite probably, then she pushed and pushed him until he said her.
Accused me once of flirting with the guy she liked when drunk and physically shoved me even though I hadn't flirted with him and wouldn't.
Could be nicer when we were alone but would act cold with me around another girl she wanted to impress.
Would berate me for eating a dessert etc. Then whine about how it was unfair I was slimmer than her.
Just all sorts of stuff like this. I had low self esteem so put up with it and clung onto her. Once we reached early 20s she got better, but was rude to me when drunk about 6 years ago. Sometimes I think to myself why did I not confront her years ago? I got an apology once for the moodiness but nothing else.
She could be really nice a lot of the time and we had fun, but I suppose anyone can be nice when they want to be.

She would never try that now as an adult and I'd feel way more able to call her out if she did. Would you associate with her still? She's part of the main friendship group so it's more like baby showers etc.

OP posts:
catadamss · 20/02/2025 18:58

I definitely wouldn't be friends with someone who used to bully me. Because people don't really change, and I've seen that 100%. A person's social status, place of residence, or social circle may change, but the human being will never change, and if he or she was a bully in childhood, he or she will remain the same in adulthood.

hookiewookie29 · 20/02/2025 19:29

She has most likely forgotten about what she did.
You haven't. You haven't forgotten what she did and said, and how that made you feel.
My daughter was bullied, and would never have anything to do with those who did it.

CuteEasterBunny · 20/02/2025 19:32

I’d act like she didn’t exist. She will still be the same twat under the surface level you see at events.

Sarah2891 · 20/02/2025 19:37

Never in a million years!!

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