I (17M) was horrendously bullied by this guy, we can call Jake (17M). Jake was quite popular and sociable but for some reason kept targeting me, calling me names, slurs, etc. I hated him so much, I’d hate going to school and him being in class. I dreaded it.
Well we found out that Jake unexpectedly passed away in his sleep. When I saw this on Facebook, I saw lots of RIP posts from classmates, but my first reaction was relief. I felt a weight lift off my shoulders.
When I came to class, people were crying and my teacher (50F) said we need to take a moment silence for him. After the silence was done, I just said out loud ”I don’t care that Jake died. He was a bully”. People looked at me instantly and gave me death stares, I could hear some people muttering swear words.
But then some people came up to me and thanked me, they said they hated Jake too. Honestly I’m fucking glad he’s dead. I feel so much better about my life now. Some classmates called me AH, his girlfriend (ex now lol) came up to me and called me every name under the sun, AH was one of them. I just said to her ”You need to calm down and relax” and walked away.
I honestly feel good and so do some other classmates. AITA?
Edit – The reason I say ‘now ex lol’ is because she chose to be in a relationship with an awful, awful person. That’s bad character judgement on her part, and also complacency.