Going back to my old hometown
And running into one of the band of girls who used to bully me intensely at school for being smart and looking Chinese (they were both unacceptable according to these girls, but being smart was the greater crime apparently).

She came over and said hello, all friendly, and we chatted for a bit. I wasn't nasty to her, but I did feel quite smug when she said, "well, because my boyfriend's unemployed and we have three really young kids all I seem to do is work and change nappies, I can't even leave this bumhole town."

What a change from the teenager who constantly told me I'd amount to nothing and never leave the small town, while she would be propelled to pop stardom and riches.
( cakelady, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 11:30, 5 replies)

Does she gloat at misfortune does she?
Is that the high moral ground?
(waxdart hello., Fri 4 Feb 2011, 11:50, closed)

Gloating at percieved deserved misfortune...
...is the theme of this compo.
(Arsenic, Fri 13 Jul, 2:73 and, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 12:17, closed)

Ha ha
that was me having the last laugh.
(Wagane, Sun 6 Feb 2011, 0:35, closed)

Indeed
So Waxdart's question is an odd one.
( cakelady, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 12:39, closed)

I didn't need to gloat
it was enough that she now had a comparably pants life after years of telling the world and its dog that she'd be famous
( cakelady, Mon 7 Feb 2011, 12:38, closed)