I don't watch nearly as much TV as I used to, but I seem to recall that back in the day a lot of TV shows would have an episode featuring one of the characters going through some form of early or midlife crisis. These featured characters were usually the butt of ridicule in their earlier years of schooling, and the common theme throughout these shows was that their peers, the ones who picked on them in particular, would end up going nowhere in life. I remember seeing this a lot, and every time it did happen, the outcome was always the same: The featured character turned out to be much more successful than the rest of their peers (who were primarily seen as their antagonists at earlier ages) and usually received a sense of accomplishment.
For some reason I've been thinking about this more and more lately, and so I decided to utilize the resources of Facebook to see what some of the people I grew up with were up to. To my surprise, what I discovered actually mirrored what always happened in those TV shows.
Now, even though I was a bit nerdy back when I attended secondary schools, I was never really bullied all that much. I managed to get along with most of my peers, and because of this, I never really felt any desire for revenge or retribution. I had always imagined that these people were going to go on to do amazing things. Sure, some of them did, but others dropped out of school and are working menial jobs, some let their appearances completely go, and I'm very sorry to say that some of them have even passed away.
I have not gained any sense of accomplishment from any of this - all I have is this melancholy feeling that I can't seem to shrug. The truth of the matter is that I wanted my peers to be successful, and it's just sad to me that this doesn't seem to be happening.
So my question is to all of you,
Would you rather the people you grew up with to be more or less successful than you?
Give me reasons why, I'd like to hear them
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