Dear former bully (aka scumbag),

Hey you. Do you remember me? Well, wait a minute, forgive me. Let me jog your memory really quick. I’m the girl that you used to pick on. Yeah, the girl who wasn’t good enough... Ever.

Are you starting to remember a little bit now? Is that ringing any bells or did you just bully way too many people to even remember me specifically?

Well, anyway, I just wanted to catch up with you... See what’s been up lately. I see you’re not really doing anything with your life these days and it’s a shame because you talked so highly of yourself back then that I expected more from you. What happened to all the things you said you’d be? I can’t quite put my finger on it but there’s a word people say for what’s happened to you. Is it failure, maybe? Yes, that might be it. Failure. You’ve failed. Not only have you failed in every single aspect of your life but you definitely know you have. All the terrible things that you told me I would be, you’ve become. Every little rock you threw at me has bounced back and hit you 10 times over.

I’d like to tell you that I’m sorry. I’d like to tell you that I hope things get better for you. I’d like to give you some hope because I’m a nice person and it’s what I do but I can’t seem to give it to you because I didn’t have any hope when you were pushing me around and saying terrible things to me and about me. I’d like to be everything you weren’t but I’m already past that point. Every terrible thing that you’ve said to me is permanently ingrained in my mind and I’ve worked so hard to keep the worst of it from bouncing around in my brain like a ping pong ball.

Your insults are very much still there, but pretty faint now. Instead of yells and punches, they’re more like whispers and pokes. I guess I thought you’d be living it up by now but it’s laughable to think I actually thought that about you. You see, people don’t get anywhere in life by putting other people down because they’re not happy with themselves. People get places in life by working hard, asking questions, being kind and supportive of themselves and their peers, and never, ever settling for anything less.

I wish someone could’ve helped you. I wish someone could’ve steered you on the right path because even though you were terrible to me, maybe you could’ve done something to make the world a better place. Instead, you chose to make myself and so many others lives complete hell and your actions are something we and you, have to live with forever.

I don’t think I have anything else to say to you at this point. I mean, look at you. You were a sad person then who took out your emotions on other people, and you’re a sad person now, who’s completely failed at everything possible. I’m sure you’ve seen how great I’m doing and honestly, from the way you always use to treat me like a piece of trash, I think you actually wanted to be like me from the beginning. I’m not the ugly, fat, whore like you called me so many times but I am the beautiful, hard-working woman that you see today.

It’s okay that things aren’t going well for you, it happens. Hopefully, something will change in your life because it looks like karma came back around, and it showed you no mercy.

Sincerely, the girl you ‘thought’ you knew