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<p>Karma&#39;s a b****. Or is it a bully?</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j5w073/people_that_were_bullied_in_high_school_where_are/">recent Reddit thread </a>asked people who were bullied in school to share what their former tormentors are up to now. Not that we&#39;re cheering anyone else&#39;s demise, but it&#39;s pretty satisfying to learn that many bullies don&#39;t really amount to much &mdash; aside from the ones who continue to lead a charmed life, of course.</p><p>Here are the best responses.</p><h2>1. Beautiful.</h2><blockquote> <p>One girl that bullied me in middle school and high school ended up getting knocked up in at 19. One time I creeped on her Facebook and found her having an argument with the baby daddy&rsquo;s mom on her page. I read all 200 posts of the drama of them going back and forth. That was how i got over it. - OctoberBlue89</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2. Hope she gets better.</h2><blockquote> <p>One of my bullies is currently addicted to multiple different kinds of drugs and the last time I saw her she was being walked out of a KFC by the police, half naked and with only one flip flop - SuperWhoLock99b</p> </blockquote><h2>3. This is a very mature perspective.</h2><blockquote> <p>I ran into him a few years ago. He didn&#39;t come from a very good family and would get angry and violent at school. He&#39;d always take it out on the quiet kids like me and just inflict all sorts of emotional abuse. It really fucked me up, to be honest.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>He cleaned up his act in high school/college. Found the family he never had in his college mates. He was a lot friendlier when I met him and was clearly trying to make an effort. In truth I&#39;m just glad that he&#39;s happy. It was evident that he was messed up as a kid so it&#39;s nice to see him find his way. - TurtleTucker</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. Not fair.</h2><blockquote> <p>One of my HS bullies went on to play pro ball. He jumped around from the rangers, astros, reds and orioles. F***** guy signed a 3 year 30mil contract a few years ago. A relief pitcher, not that good. But damn. - critzboombah</p> </blockquote><h2>5. Crazy.</h2><blockquote> <p>She used to make fun of me for my weight. She is now a dollar general budget &ldquo;Instagram model&rdquo; promoting body positivity because she&rsquo;s the weight that she used to make fun of me for.</p> <p>The guy who used to bully me for my weight and my friend for being gay is now overweight, balding, and looks like a lawn gnome. - HerpabloLeeBorskile</p> </blockquote><h2>6. Well this is great news!</h2><blockquote> <p>I saw my high school bully about 10 years later at a bar, strangely enough he came and apologised to me for his wrong doings. I forgave him instantly!</p> <p>So HEY! yeah YOU! If you see someone you&rsquo;ve tormented, maybe apologise! Certainly helped me and I&rsquo;m guessing him also. - Didge29</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7. A beautiful ending.</h2><blockquote> <p>became friends with him, i mostly helped him with his anger issues and we play fortnite together now. Hes a great guy and im teaching him how to get better - herosdumb</p> </blockquote><h2>8. Well isn&#39;t that nice!</h2><blockquote> <p>My bully was quite insistent on throwing gay slurs around, especially at me (I&#39;m straight, but &quot;masculine&quot; has never been a word anybody has used to describe me). When I looked him up online a few years back, I found that he had married another guy, and was currently working in a graphic design studio that was currently doing work for the local Pride parade.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m guessing all that hatred he threw my way was actually just an internal struggle on his part. If that&#39;s the case, I&#39;m glad he sorted all that out, and I hope he&#39;s happy now :) - Chordus</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9. These two also worked their differences out.</h2><blockquote> <p>My bully in middle school was similar. Made fun of me for being the poor kid who dressed with her own style and personality. He backed off towards the end of high school and we studied together at college. He ended up apologizing to me during our sophomore year ; he was surprised I would be willing to form a chemistry study group with him given our past. We were good study buddies through the rest of college and was one of the only encouraging people when I dropped out of my top tier grad program to become a science teacher.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Two years ago (4 years after college graduation) he finally came out and is now living with his partner. I think he was jealous of my ability to see and show who I was as a young adult, a freedom he wasn&#39;t allowed and then didn&#39;t allow himself until later. I&#39;m happy for him. - mariescurie</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10. This could be exactly the life some people want, tbh.</h2><blockquote> <p>He is 43, never been married or had kids, works at Walmart stocking shelves overnights. - PantsDownDontShoot</p> </blockquote><h2>11. Justice for old sneakers!</h2><blockquote> <p>There was this kid in my grade school named Miguel, who would bully me all the time about being poor, a nerd, and because I was a bit overweight. This kid was really cruel and could make me feel down even when I felt great.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Like when I got my first pair of brand new sneakers that were mine (all of them before were either from the thrift store or hand me downs from my cousins). I was so excited to wear them to the school and when I did he comes up to me and says, &quot;Nice new, old shoes. I had a pair of those last year.&quot; and then he laughs. Made me feel like s*** the rest of the day.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Fast forward to over 15 years later. I&#39;m working a pretty great office job in downtown Chicago. I stop by a McDonald&#39;s and I see him behind the counter. He doesn&#39;t recognize me because I lost weight and had a beard now, but I definitely recognized him.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I felt a bit bad because he was working this s***** job, but at the same time it felt kinda good to see that I was doing better than he was at the time, because of how mean he was to me back when we were kids. - -eDgAr-</p> </blockquote><h2>12. This is probably true for a lot of people&#39;s bullies.</h2><blockquote> <p>Well, one of them is a model in LA and an influencer that&rsquo;s pretty popular. - burn-after-use</p> </blockquote><h2>13. She sounds kind of cool.</h2><blockquote> <p>she was my middle school bully but I still instantly recognized her in the grocery store parking lot, lots of tattoos, two kids with a third on the way, boyfriend looking like he was in and out of jail a lot, 90s hatchback, flip flops, smoking a pall mall, loading about 3 cases of soda in the car, I could go on - devilwearspuma</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>14. Sometimes bullies teach us lessons.</h2><blockquote> <p>Only heard from one since those days. I received an apology out of nowhere from someone I never considered a bully but still had problems with. It showed me that he had grown more than I had. Decided to let go of my hate. I haven&rsquo;t looked back since. - TotallyLegitEstoc</p> </blockquote><h2>15. Some bullies don&#39;t even realize they were bullies... </h2><blockquote> <p>I was bullied relentlessly for my squint (strabismus). It drove me to some pretty dark places when I was just in the 6th grade. I blocked out so many parts of school, I don&#39;t remember whole years.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>They however, are all still in the same friend group, they all hang out, party and still manage to have some pretty successful careers. They&#39;re are in healthy relationships and always talk about how fun school was for them.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>It&#39;s nice to see other people in this comment section get sweet revenge. But for me, I never got that, I was the loser they bullied and somehow I&#39;m still the loser in their lives. - J1m_James_J1mothy</p> </blockquote><h2>16. ~*iT&#39;s ThE CiRcLe Of LiFe*~</h2><blockquote> <p>Saw an old bully at an AA meeting a few years back, pretty down &amp; out, weirdly enough ended up being one of my sponsees. - CaptainBroverdose</p> </blockquote><h2>17. This is quite the spectrum.</h2><blockquote> <p>ones in jail for killing a cop, the other is my best friend and has been for the last 15 years. - Skunkies</p> </blockquote><h2> 18. Interesting.</h2><blockquote> <p>My brother bullied me pretty bad when we were in our teens (in school and at home) and now he&#39;s my biggest supporter, helped me pay student loans, and calls regularly just to see if I&#39;m doing good/need anything. I didn&#39;t get bullied by others in highschool because I was somewhat popular and the older kids were mostly friends with my brother or with me, so yes popular kids can get bullied too - gnarly_and_me</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>19. This is nice.</h2><blockquote> <p>The middle school bully and his mate ended up In legal trouble. Misdemeanors to almost a felony at one point. He got addicted to drugs and almost had his life forfeit. Fast forward another two years. He got his act together, found a woman that wouldn&rsquo;t put up with his crap, and they had twins. Ran into him one Christmas break visiting family and he had started up his own business and was really happy to tell me about it. I was super excited for him and was glad he is doing better. His mate served some time in the pen but finally got out and I think has a low key job to support his kid. - TheDungeonMA</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

19 people who were teased at school reveal what their former bullies are up to now.

Karma&#39;s a b****. Or is it a bully?A recent Reddit thread asked people who were bullied in school to share what their former tormentors are up to now. Not that we&#39;re cheering anyone else&#39;s demise, but it&#39;s pretty satisfying to learn that many bullies don&#39;t really amount to much &mdash; aside from the ones who continue to lead a charmed life, of course.Here are the best responses.1. Beautiful. One girl that bullied me in middle school and high school ended up getting knocked up in at 19. One time I creeped on her Facebook and found her having an argument with the baby daddy&rsquo;s mom on her page. I read all 200 posts of the drama of them going back and forth. That was how i got over it. - OctoberBlue89 2. Hope she gets better. One of my bullies is currently addicted to multiple different kinds of drugs and the last time I saw her she was being walked out of a KFC by the police, half naked and with only one flip flop - SuperWhoLock99b 3. This is a very mature perspective. I ran into him a few years ago. He didn&#39;t come from a very good family and would get angry and violent at school. He&#39;d always take it out on the quiet kids like me and just inflict all sorts of emotional abuse. It really fucked me up, to be honest.   He cleaned up his act in high school/college. Found the family he never had in his college mates. He was a lot friendlier when I met him and was clearly trying to make an effort. In truth I&#39;m just glad that he&#39;s happy. It was evident that he was messed up as a kid so it&#39;s nice to see him find his way. - TurtleTucker 4. Not fair. One of my HS bullies went on to play pro ball. He jumped around from the rangers, astros, reds and orioles. F***** guy signed a 3 year 30mil contract a few years ago. A relief pitcher, not that good. But damn. - critzboombah 5. Crazy. She used to make fun of me for my weight. She is now a dollar general budget &ldquo;Instagram model&rdquo; promoting body positivity because she&rsquo;s the weight that she used to make fun of me for. The guy who used to bully me for my weight and my friend for being gay is now overweight, balding, and looks like a lawn gnome. - HerpabloLeeBorskile 6. Well this is great news! I saw my high school bully about 10 years later at a bar, strangely enough he came and apologised to me for his wrong doings. I forgave him instantly! So HEY! yeah YOU! If you see someone you&rsquo;ve tormented, maybe apologise! Certainly helped me and I&rsquo;m guessing him also. - Didge29 7. A beautiful ending. became friends with him, i mostly helped him with his anger issues and we play fortnite together now. Hes a great guy and im teaching him how to get better - herosdumb 8. Well isn&#39;t that nice! My bully was quite insistent on throwing gay slurs around, especially at me (I&#39;m straight, but &quot;masculine&quot; has never been a word anybody has used to describe me). When I looked him up online a few years back, I found that he had married another guy, and was currently working in a graphic design studio that was currently doing work for the local Pride parade.   I&#39;m guessing all that hatred he threw my way was actually just an internal struggle on his part. If that&#39;s the case, I&#39;m glad he sorted all that out, and I hope he&#39;s happy now :) - Chordus 9. These two also worked their differences out. My bully in middle school was similar. Made fun of me for being the poor kid who dressed with her own style and personality. He backed off towards the end of high school and we studied together at college. He ended up apologizing to me during our sophomore year ; he was surprised I would be willing to form a chemistry study group with him given our past. We were good study buddies through the rest of college and was one of the only encouraging people when I dropped out of my top tier grad program to become a science teacher.   Two years ago (4 years after college graduation) he finally came out and is now living with his partner. I think he was jealous of my ability to see and show who I was as a young adult, a freedom he wasn&#39;t allowed and then didn&#39;t allow himself until later. I&#39;m happy for him. - mariescurie 10. This could be exactly the life some people want, tbh. He is 43, never been married or had kids, works at Walmart stocking shelves overnights. - PantsDownDontShoot 11. Justice for old sneakers! There was this kid in my grade school named Miguel, who would bully me all the time about being poor, a nerd, and because I was a bit overweight. This kid was really cruel and could make me feel down even when I felt great.   Like when I got my first pair of brand new sneakers that were mine (all of them before were either from the thrift store or hand me downs from my cousins). I was so excited to wear them to the school and when I did he comes up to me and says, &quot;Nice new, old shoes. I had a pair of those last year.&quot; and then he laughs. Made me feel like s*** the rest of the day.   Fast forward to over 15 years later. I&#39;m working a pretty great office job in downtown Chicago. I stop by a McDonald&#39;s and I see him behind the counter. He doesn&#39;t recognize me because I lost weight and had a beard now, but I definitely recognized him.   I felt a bit bad because he was working this s***** job, but at the same time it felt kinda good to see that I was doing better than he was at the time, because of how mean he was to me back when we were kids. - -eDgAr- 12. This is probably true for a lot of people&#39;s bullies. Well, one of them is a model in LA and an influencer that&rsquo;s pretty popular. - burn-after-use 13. She sounds kind of cool. she was my middle school bully but I still instantly recognized her in the grocery store parking lot, lots of tattoos, two kids with a third on the way, boyfriend looking like he was in and out of jail a lot, 90s hatchback, flip flops, smoking a pall mall, loading about 3 cases of soda in the car, I could go on - devilwearspuma 14. Sometimes bullies teach us lessons. Only heard from one since those days. I received an apology out of nowhere from someone I never considered a bully but still had problems with. It showed me that he had grown more than I had. Decided to let go of my hate. I haven&rsquo;t looked back since. - TotallyLegitEstoc 15. Some bullies don&#39;t even realize they were bullies...  I was bullied relentlessly for my squint (strabismus). It drove me to some pretty dark places when I was just in the 6th grade. I blocked out so many parts of school, I don&#39;t remember whole years.   They however, are all still in the same friend group, they all hang out, party and still manage to have some pretty successful careers. They&#39;re are in healthy relationships and always talk about how fun school was for them.   It&#39;s nice to see other people in this comment section get sweet revenge. But for me, I never got that, I was the loser they bullied and somehow I&#39;m still the loser in their lives. - J1m_James_J1mothy 16. ~*iT&#39;s ThE CiRcLe Of LiFe*~ Saw an old bully at an AA meeting a few years back, pretty down &amp; out, weirdly enough ended up being one of my sponsees. - CaptainBroverdose 17. This is quite the spectrum. ones in jail for killing a cop, the other is my best friend and has been for the last 15 years. - Skunkies  18. Interesting. My brother bullied me pretty bad when we were in our teens (in school and at home) and now he&#39;s my biggest supporter, helped me pay student loans, and calls regularly just to see if I&#39;m doing good/need anything. I didn&#39;t get bullied by others in highschool because I was somewhat popular and the older kids were mostly friends with my brother or with me, so yes popular kids can get bullied too - gnarly_and_me 19. This is nice. The middle school bully and his mate ended up In legal trouble. Misdemeanors to almost a felony at one point. He got addicted to drugs and almost had his life forfeit. Fast forward another two years. He got his act together, found a woman that wouldn&rsquo;t put up with his crap, and they had twins. Ran into him one Christmas break visiting family and he had started up his own business and was really happy to tell me about it. I was super excited for him and was glad he is doing better. His mate served some time in the pen but finally got out and I think has a low key job to support his kid. - TheDungeonMA 

Karma&#39;s a b****. Or is it a bully?  A recent Reddit thread asked people who were bullied in school to share what their former tormentors are up to now. Not that we&#39;re cheering anyone else&#39;s demise, but it&#39;s pretty...