I Disliked High School Because the Prom Queen Made My Life Miserable – 12 Years After Graduation, She Matched with Me on Tinder and Had No Idea Who I Was

laugh at my expense.

Her voice had stayed buried somewhere in me for years.

The day I stopped trying to fight back was sophomore year. She made the entire class laugh about my shoes, and when I got home, I did not cry.

I opened a textbook.

Books did not laugh.

Books got me through school.

School got me into college.

College got me out.

I rebuilt myself carefully.continue reading …