If I read you right, I’m thinking the same.
Kid was needled by some smart-ass lass out of high school. Then she left, he forgot about it, grew up, started a family, and didn’t tell anyone until the smart-ass finally got herself into real hot water.
I remember being a kid and, in addition to being picked on by older kids and teens, I remember being a real pistol myself at times. It’s uncool for an undergrad to pick on a pre-teen, but if some unfair digs are all he got... He let it go and got over it once, he shoulda left it lay.
They are just saying that she’s not nice like she is on the show.