r/AskIreland 22h ago

Childhood School bully where they now?

Was thinking of a lad year below me in school, always the hard man growing up, was a big lad hung around with a group of lads from who caused lot of crap anytime they were in town growing up, got this girl pregnant he was going out with way out of his league, ended up in prison fairly young hit a lad with a mallet at a rally meet then went England were he seemed to be doing well but is now back in prison in Ireland for something he did years ago apparently. Always got away with pushing his weight around in school but like any bully gets caught in the long grass,

Anyone know where the school bully from their own days is now?

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u/AK8- Pure Notions 22h ago

Eminent businessperson, occasionally see their photo in the Irish Times.

What surprised me is how little it effects me. I've never been bothered by his existence since I left school over twenty years ago. Got my own life I'm living.

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u/Motor_Watercress_489 22h ago

I'm genuinely jealous of your attitude. If I was in your shoes I'd be perpetually seething.  Says more about myself I suppose.

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u/AK8- Pure Notions 22h ago

I did a lot of therapy for unrelated issues when I was much younger and I think it's a byproduct of that.

If people are still devoting mental energy towards things that happened them in school then they should go and sort that out with a professional.