Today, I stumbled across my school bully on Facebook. She's a successful business owner and engaged to be married. I can't land a job and am hopelessly single. The b***h that served as the catalyst for my depression and suffered no repercussions is getting married on my birthday. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I looked up my childhood bully on Facebook, hoping she'd gone fat and ugly. Turns out she's drop-dead gorgeous and very successful. FML
Today, my sister announced that she had gotten engaged. I was happy for her until I found out she's marrying the guy who relentlessly bullied me all through high school. FML
Today, we had a school reunion. The guy who bullied me throughout my high school career is now rich and married. I'm broke and single, and he specifically came up to me to point it out. FML
Today, my former high school bully became my manager. FML
Today, I was having a chuckle at the girl who used to torment me since she’s on her fourth marriage. Then I realized she’s gotten four handsome, rich men to marry her, while I’m still hopelessly single and haven’t had a boyfriend since high school. FML
Today, I got a Facebook friend request from an ex-schoolmate from my high school. He was the same piece of shit who used to bully me at the time. He's now a psychologist. I guess my life was meant to be bollocks. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-girlfriend got engaged to a coworker. I got her the job. FML
Today, I bumped into the bitchy mean girl who bullied me mercilessly throughout high school, leaving deep emotional scars. When I told my boyfriend who she was, he picked her up, carried her out of the store, and threw her into a puddle. FML
Today, the girl I stalked in high school found me. I've since gotten therapy and fixed my attachment issues, but she told my fiancée the whole story anyway. Now I'm single and sleeping on my clothes in the back of a U-haul. FML
Today, I came across a friend on Instagram. She's engaged… to my abusive ex… who has been stalking and harassing me lately. She was wearing the ring he gave me. FML
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motoikkyu 13
Your FML posting really touched my heart. Sometimes, it really seems like the Universe is against us. Try to remember that it's just a feeling: bad things happen to good people, and great things happen to bad people every day. I feel like the Universe might be sending you a message by having your arch-nemesis get married on your special personal day. That message can be positive or negative, it's up to you! It could be "Look, you're a hopeless case, and even on your best day, your enemies can laugh at you!" or it can be "Look how powerful you are, your former enemy has turned her life around and is celebrating it on YOUR day. Now, it's your turn, and nothing can stop you from turning your life around, too!"
Bingo_Bango 13
Facebook is one giant illusion, it is not a true reflection of people's lives, people show a very edited and filtered version of themselves. Do you know her business is successful, have you seen her bank balance? I have seen many long term relationships /engagements/marriages crumble where I have been so surprised to hear how miserable they were for a long time but were hiding it, their Facebook persona showed them to be all loved up constantly. Don't focus on it or compare lives, only focus on what you need to do to better yourself!
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Leeono 26
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Probably because rather than focus on the negative aspects of her life she has focused on the positive and worked on what she wanted. Get off Facebook, stop blaming the past for your present and make a change. If you do nothing, nothing will change. If you have been diagnosed with depression (not self diagnosed!) work on it but don't use it as a crutch to blame your failures on. Our own happiness is created by ourselves. Do what makes you happy and work towards your life goals instead of checking on where other people are in relation. It's not a race, just put one foot in front of the other. Start today.
littlelia 22
not everyone is neurotypical, karen
pipthepickles 3
shut the hell up. self diagnosis is valid and you don't get a say in whether someone is mentally ill or not.
Leeono 26
By your logic I do. If someone can self diagnose themselves I can diagnose them too. They haven't seen a mental health professional and neither have I. We both have valid opinions until a professional steps in. I have lost people to depression and it sickens me that we have a generation of special snowflakes who wear/create mental disorders for themselves as a badge of coolness. Depression is very real problem so treat it with the respect it deserves not some mopey angst ridden teen trying to feel unique. That just trivialises the condition. Or TLDR version. Shut up stupid ****!
wysegirl 24
Your right. Many people have obstacles that they have to overcome. I have known so many people that if they used this excuse then they wouldn't be where they are today. I hope this person can get their life together and not blame others for their failures.
motoikkyu 13
Your FML posting really touched my heart. Sometimes, it really seems like the Universe is against us. Try to remember that it's just a feeling: bad things happen to good people, and great things happen to bad people every day. I feel like the Universe might be sending you a message by having your arch-nemesis get married on your special personal day. That message can be positive or negative, it's up to you! It could be "Look, you're a hopeless case, and even on your best day, your enemies can laugh at you!" or it can be "Look how powerful you are, your former enemy has turned her life around and is celebrating it on YOUR day. Now, it's your turn, and nothing can stop you from turning your life around, too!"
HoboMeth 36
Show up on her wedding
RichardPencil 32
Why are you stalking her on Facebook? “Stumbled across,” my ass!
Bingo_Bango 13
Facebook is one giant illusion, it is not a true reflection of people's lives, people show a very edited and filtered version of themselves. Do you know her business is successful, have you seen her bank balance? I have seen many long term relationships /engagements/marriages crumble where I have been so surprised to hear how miserable they were for a long time but were hiding it, their Facebook persona showed them to be all loved up constantly. Don't focus on it or compare lives, only focus on what you need to do to better yourself!
Lemou_fml 25
Wow, what a deroute for a happy life. If she wants to stalk her, it's fine. If the bully is happy and successful, it's more than fine. It's called moving on - and that's healthy. Why is she even comparing herself to someone else?
Bingo_Bango 13
I'm not really sure what your point is in contrast to my comment. Did I say it wasn't fine if the bully was happy or successful? Did I say it wasn't fine to look someone up? Your response is kinda lost on me. I was just saying that you can't compare your life to a life someone is displaying on Facebook that may or may not be a real reflection of their situation, because that will never make you happy. Live your own life to the fullest.
Lemou_fml 25
The giant illusion talk - that's not going to help her, the bully or even you. Don't give an advice on someone you don't know on something you don't know about. She must face the real world. So what, her bully is happy and you don't have to tell her lies to make her feel better. She needs to work on her perception and not alter her reality just to escape what she's running from to move on.
cetlawizard 15
So true. I was married for 6 1/2 years & everyone (including me) thought it was pretty great...after the divorce, I looked back & saw it was really (as a Taylor Swift song lyrics said) “A nightmare dressed like a daydream” (not a swift fan, just happened to hear the song earlier..lol)
Glowworm56 27
Alas, that's reality for you. I've been bullied myself in school as a child. Yet, I don't even think about my bullies anymore except that they were terrible people and whatever happened to them--good or bad, I quite frankly don't care.
RetireEngland 24
Ydi if your still hung up on someone from high school, grow up, get over it and move on
hunterseal 18
Sorry you got bullied but you can't blame others for your problems forever. Get some therapy, deactivate facebook for awhile, work on yourself and stop comparing yourself to others. Maybe even work on forgiving your bully, not for her but for you. Let that shit go.
Mungolikecandy 19
The problem is that, as others are saying, you are sabotaging yourself because of the hurt which was caused you when young. I was bullied at school and it affected me badly and still to a degree does occasionally. At a certain point, I realised I needed to let it go and move forward rather than focusing on the pain from those days. I am now engaged and have positives in life. It may be time to realise that you can be a better person and to leave those people who hurt you in the past and make a life for yourself.
andrewgr 4
Sad, but unfortunately common. Recent studies have shown that bullies have higher self-esteem and greater sex appeal than non-bullies. They also attain greater social status and suffer from lower rates of depression.