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I don’t understand putting up with someone you hate for a job. If someone said “we were friends” about me when they hurt me, I would correct them even in front of others. “No, you make a living nightmare out of my life and I don’t want anything to do with you.” Is all they will get from me. No goodbye either. If the boss or coworker thinks I’m being rude, they can live through what that person put me through. Otherwise, they can shut up. I’m more than happy to go to HR for hostile workplace environment because a coworker or boss is trying to force a friendship with a former bully. I don’t understand people who aren’t. I get that it’s scary but no job is worth reliving trauma. Trauma is worse than the anxiety you feel when you say your piece. I say that as someone who has had this situation happen. Don’t back down.