Over ten years ago, I was in grade school/middle school and treated some people that were my friends terribly. Not only was I a terribly unhappy person, but I wanted to be "cool" and thought that ditching my friends would make me liked by people that were cool and popular.
I was really mean to this one girl. I would say mean things about her and her parents, prank call her house, and once got into a heated argument with her (we played a sport on the same team). I was in the sixth grade. We ignored each other after that and we both ended up transferring to different schools and I have not seen her since.
After all these years, I still feel incredibly guilty about how I treated her. She was my friend once and I turned my back on her and caused her anger, pain and probably feelings of worthlessness. I am a sensitive person and insults from others have greatly affected my self esteem; I am disappointed that I so carelessly insulted others knowing how much words can hurt. After my experiences in middle school, I made a commitment to treat people with the compassion, respect and kindness that they deserve, and to not take other's kindness for granted.
Anyways, I found out that this person has a social media account and was wondering if it would be weird to message them an apology? It has been about 15 years since I last saw her. One of the people who bullied me a lot when I was younger apologized to me when we were in high school, and it is something that I deeply appreciated and will never forget. Would it be weird to send the girl an apology or has too much time simply past?
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