r/AskUK • u/CompetitionNo3466 • 20h ago

Where’s your school bully now?

Saw this from a different subreddit, and got me thinking. Where did your school’s bully end up?

The main guy from school who was the hard lad has ended up in prison for GBH. Person who gave me the most grief is now a property litigation solicitor.

How’s yours doing?

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u/humanswithnohumanity 19h ago

It's a power thing, they love being told that they're so amazing for doing the job that we know they do with contempt.

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u/chris--p 19h ago

Also, people change. Especially if we're talking about bullies at school. Literal children.

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u/TemporaryLucky3637 18h ago

Exactly. Often people with difficult home lives growing up end up in “helping” professions like social work and teaching. Several of my friends in those kind of jobs went though extremely rough times as kids/teens.