Old cquaintances

Tough, you did the moral thing but I would tell the police what he sent you or something. Look into protecting yourself.

You scored a double! By forgiving, you got rid of hate which must have haunted you enough to remember him, which is very good for you. His violent reply doesn't matter now as you know he cannot touch you! So ignore it. It only proves that he is not worth any compassion. Next time you meet mutual friends, you have a great story to tell.

I am not sure why you even bothered sending him a message in the first place to say you had forgiven him! If he's that nasty a person do you think he's sitting around waiting for your forgiveness? He probably doesn't think he's doing anything wrong - just bantering on the net and seeing it all as one big joke and now you gave him another chance to be nasty to you? Give him up as a bad lot and concentrate on people who are interested decent and want a relationship with you as a friend.

I can applaud your reasoning for wanting to have closure with this bully, and its sad that even afeter all that time that guy still hasn't learned manners and right from wrong in life, my advice to you is to shrug his message off and realise that you were trying to be the bigger and better person, its his loss in life and not yours