My School Bully Applied for a $50,000 Loan at the Bank I Own – What I Did Years After He Humiliated Me Made Him Pale
My High School Bully Asked Me for a $50,000 Loan… 20 Years Later 😳
In high school, he humiliated me by gluing my braid to a desk. I was left with a bald patch — and the nickname “Patch.”
Twenty years later, he walked into my office. I now run a regional community bank. He needed a $50,000 loan for his daughter’s emergency heart surgery. His credit was terrible. On paper, it was an easy no.
But I said yes — interest-free.
On one condition: he had to stand in front of our old high school and publicly admit what he did to me, using my full name, at an anti-bullying assembly. It would be recorded and shared. If he refused, the loan was void.
He agreed.
On stage, he confessed everything — the glue, the laughter, the cruelty — and apologized by name.
The past wasn’t erased.
But for the first time, it didn’t own me anymore.
Sometimes closure is the best return on investment. ❤️
