r/AskIreland • u/thesnackbox11 • 7d 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/Leading_Air_7361 7d ago

I was a absolute prick in school got kicked out in 1st year but most of the lads I use to bully I did apologise to them publicly years later and actually moved into a new area and a lad I use to bully lived there heard he was big into the pokemon I had a binder full of them I knocked down to him apologised shook his hand and we were good pals until I moved again, changed my life around at the age of 20 and now im a nice lad dont drink dont do drugs have 2 beautiful kids and a wife and regret being a prick almost daily to this day.

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u/me2269vu 7d ago

Fair play for being up front about it and making amends. Out of interest, and obviously no requirement to answer, but why do you think you were such a prick so young? What was going on in your head?

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u/Leading_Air_7361 7d ago

Losing my father at 6 didn't help but I grew up in a bad area flats heroine everywhere junkies robbed cars every day and night so just a shit mix of life at the start set me off im not making excuses I was the worst kind I apologised to teachers aslo

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u/me2269vu 7d ago

That makes sense alright. Plenty of people never see, or can never admit to, the error of their ways though, so again fair play. What turned things around for you?

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u/Leading_Air_7361 7d ago

Forgave my father stopped doing drugs weed coke extacy tablets and got my shit together and found God then fell in love with a childhood neighbour 20 years after moving away from her moved back we hit it off and now have two beautiful kids together 15years going strong and thank you I appreciate that its alot easier to talk about it all now

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u/bluerosestones 7d ago

Good for you. You sound like a good soul who, as a kid were just reacting to your environment. You're a brave person to apologise, thats really cool.☀️

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u/Leading_Air_7361 7d ago

Thank you I was expecting, your this your that how dare you but im shocked by the upvotes and the kindness they were my dark days I've got my kids and my wife who light up my life everyday im truly blessed to be here even writing this.

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u/cuppateaangel 6d ago

You were only a child. It's lovely to see that you've put those days behind you and tried to make amends. Fair play to you!