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Originally Posted by Jack_
People of any age can be bullied, nobody is discounted.
If any of the comments on his status' are abusive he could quite rightfully report them. How they'd be dealt with...well, who knows. I'm not entirely sure how far he could take it, but I'd hope in cases like this you could get the police involved. Sounds pretty pathetic to me...if they don't like him anymore, then don't talk to him.
What I would say though is...surely he shouldn't still be friends with them on Facebook? At least then they couldn't spread their crap on his page.
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Well of course the problem in this situation is that they are putting the pressure on him. It's not "we don't like him", it's "he's changed which makes us not like him", so he is somehow to blame for their reaction. And if he removed them from his Facebook, they would pursue that line of thought further and make fun of him even more, saying he really can't take a joke and that he really takes himself too seriously, etc... I don't see any way for him to win. I'm going home in two weeks' time for one of those people's birthdays and am quite keen to say something to them all in person, because I think if they hear it from someone else they might actually take notice that what they're doing is not funny, it's cruel.
I think with adults bullying adults though, there is a perceived stigma that you should be able to deal with it yourself, as adults are perceived as being independent and self sufficient. To somehow be bullied by another person doesn't sit right with that logic and people tend to scoff at it, saying they should grow a thicker skin or just move on from it or something. Who's going to sit you down and tell you off for bullying another adult? There are no teachers anymore.