i have wanted to tweet about this incident for a while cos it really has been a turning point for my confidence but last week i ran into a girl who was horrible and fake to me in high school and made my teen years a misery. Anyways I hadn't seen her in years and I attempted to be

civil with her so I attempted making small talk like adults but instead she brings up her ex boyfriend from high school who i had a crush on before they dated when i was 16. and she was laughing about it and saying how she found it so funny that i liked him and how she ended up

dating him and i had such an "embarrassing" school girl crush on him. Like she was going out of her way to humiliate me. and i ended up walking away from the convo bc all she did was talk about how loved and popular she was in 10th grade & i made an excuse i was in a rush & left

but thinking about it made me realise people like her peaked in high school. we've been out of school since 2016 & we are 22 now. she still holds onto the power she had on me then. it made me realise i am successful as an adult i dont need to hold onto the hurt i had in school

i can talk about my accomplishments as an adult. i feel sorry for her that she has the same mentality she did back then and has shown no growth and it's sad that that's all she can think about now in her young adulthood. just remember that there's always a chance for growth !

and if you're in high school and dealing with something like this now pls don't think that this is were your worth stops. you will blossom even further and people who may intimidate you now won't always progress past who they are now