Would you ever forgive the people who bullied you when you were a kid?

Yes. It happened a lifetime, almost 40 years ago. It'd be more painful than anything else for myself if I didn't.

I of course. Holding a grudge only hurts the one holding it.

They can go die in a hole.

I only had one incident like that, in the Wrestling locker rooms. All the sophomores like...loomed over me, backed me into a corner, then started kicking the shit out of me. While all the Freshmen just watched. But, I was being a confrontational dick to one of them, so I kinda asked for it. Although, they didn't *all* have to stomp me. They gave me some shit after that, but nothing I couldn't handle.

I actually worked with one of the guys as a Lifeguard, later on. We were cool. He was actually a cool guy. Pretty strong, too. He beat me in a wrestling match, and I was devastated, because I hadn't lost a match before that; but afterwards, he came up to me and patted me on the shoulder and told me I didn't do anything wrong. He was a good guy.

Even better: I don't give two shits about them.

I think I have. I mean I don't hold any grudges toward them now because I know that most likely they aren't the same person, heck in most all cases I really don't even know them (other than their face and name). The problem for me is it's hard to forget, and when I see them I still see that person they were then and how I felt about the things they did to me. It makes me not want to know them even though I know they have mostly changed (and possibly don't even remember themselves who I am or what they did)...so maybe I haven't, I don't know.

To be honest people will always be a pain and some jerks gruesomely horrid but
with time one must learn to not care about people who honestly act out because their life is probably as crappy and they see one as an easy target

Life is but one
and to give them (the bullies) any importance or value in one's thought is utterly pointless

I wish I could have said this to myself as a kid
but.... some lesson's take time to learn

I forgot who they are actually.

Sure, I barely remember their names.

The past is the past... I don't want to open Pandoras box again and have those girls around... I wasn't bullied but there was a lot of "looking down on girls" especially if you had one parent.
Snobs.

Yes. They cannot hurt me emotionally unless I allow it and not forgiving them is a great way to be vulnerable to their harm.

Never, but i don't let it eat me up either. I learned from it and moved on.

No one eve bullied me. Got lucky with that

They're mostly my relatives, so... 🤔

Yes

Yes