Childhood bullies are now my FB friends 40+ years later

<p>That’s interesting to me – a 40th elementary school reunion. That’s fairly unusual, isn’t it?</p>

<p>If I felt compelled to open a potential can of worms, I might write a note saying something about how we all have different perspectives, and as one of the unpopular kids, I struggled. It would be easy enough to describe feeling lonely, and unpopular without blaming anyone or going into what particular people did. </p>

<p>I wonder how or if any of them would react to putting something like that out there? If I wasn’t up to even that much, I think I would just do what the other posters suggest – put them all on settings where you don’t see their posts. It sounds like they are looking back through very rosy lenses – feeling nostalgic can do that – or maybe they are not super sensitive or thoughtful as adults – or maybe they don’t want to remember. </p>

<p>In my experience, some people simply cannot admit that they ever did anything hurtful to anyone, even if confronted, and they remember what they said or did. It sometimes get pinned on the injured party as being too sensitive, or unable to get over things. Then again, some people are genuinely remorseful. I guess you may choose not to find out which category these grown up people now fall into. You may feel that the wounds inflicted back then may be too painful to risk re-opening. If that is the case, then for sure, put those Facebook <em>friendships</em> back where they belong, on the very back back burner.</p>