Bully,
I do not speak your name because somehow, after everything you put me through, I respect your privacy. Privacy in which I do not believe you deserve, but will give you. I want you to know something: I won. I learned from the pain you caused me. I matured in the way I myself interact with others. I now stand up for myself without a second thought. How? Because I am stronger than you.
I find it interesting that a high school girl had enough power to do so. Especially a girl one year younger than me. Now, you need to understand that your popularity was due to a majority of people being afraid of ending up on your bide side, and because you had the perfect last name to keep you out of trouble. But your name to me, is tarnished.
Here is a statistic in which you need to take to heart. "Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University". So what if I had committed suicide with all the pain and depression you instilled on me? What if that rumor, that you thought was funny, that you spread even into another county, had been in a suicide letter that I left with your name on? Yes, that is a terrible thing to put into writing for people to see, but this is reality. People take their own lives every day because of someone treating them the way you treated me. People like you feel as if it is okay to treat someone like this. Well, I am here to tell you that it is completely unacceptable. One day, maybe you have or maybe here soon, you will come face to face with the real world. The world in which people are taking a stand for what they believe in and what they know is wrong. And people know bullying is wrong. Because a majority of people have felt the pain either directly or indirectly in losing someone to suicide.
Now, for those people who went through bullying like I did, bullying that was pushed aside and hidden so that the high school did not get a bad name, you are on top. You won the fight. You are here, and you are breathing fresh air every day. Life goes on. Your worst day only lasts 24 hours. Keep pushing through and stand up for yourself and others and you will grow to be stronger than you could imagine. Because one day, you will finally feel peace. But I promise you, that no matter how a bully makes you feel, you will always be better than them.
To my bully, I could almost say thank you. Because of you, I have been able to stand up for not only myself, but for other people. I have learned a lot from what you put me through. Because of you, people contacted me and tried to verbally hurt me just as you did. But words do not hurt me anymore. I am not afraid to stand up for myself and I sure am not afraid of you. So bully, thank you. Thank you for making me feel better than you. After all, I know what is right and wrong.
Sincerely,
The girl you bullied who came out on top.
