I had no curfews or any other limits really. Pretty much from the age of about 10 I was allowed to do whatever so long as it didn't inconvenience my parents. I lived in a very poor area and racism, homophobia and just the general hate of everyone else was pretty much expected of everyone in my street. Violence was pretty normal. Sex was not far off. I can't even count the amount of times we would bump into a couple people fucking. Stealing was pretty much a non-issue. I wasn't a big fan of doing it but occasionally we would need a football or something so yeah.. Most of me and my friends time was spent doing something ridiculous and usually illegal.
As for my family I barely talked to them at all until I was about 16. I'd only see them at dinner time when I'd basically shovel down food and go back out. My mother was doing a university course and my dad was starting a business. They were loosely christian and even went through a phase of going to church. They knew I didn't believe and never pushed it on me at any point.
At school we had mornings with prayer, hymns and bible stories. I figured everyone knew they were just stories. In the whole time I was at primary and secondary school I handed in almost no homework at all. Which got me pretty good at lying to teachers or just sneaking out. I was mostly well behaved at school other than that. Although I never gave much of a crap other than scraping a pass. My plan was to join the army as soon as I left school. When I did leave my mother refused completely to let me sign up. I was just turning 16 and you need parental permission if you are under 18.
Next I quickly scrambled to get a place at a nearby college. Two of my subjects were Sociology and Psychology so if you can come out of those still being racist and homophobic you are pretty much lost cause. So I spent the last 4 years realizing how much of a dick I was and working on fixing it.
As for my family I barely talked to them at all until I was about 16. I'd only see them at dinner time when I'd basically shovel down food and go back out. My mother was doing a university course and my dad was starting a business. They were loosely christian and even went through a phase of going to church. They knew I didn't believe and never pushed it on me at any point.
At school we had mornings with prayer, hymns and bible stories. I figured everyone knew they were just stories. In the whole time I was at primary and secondary school I handed in almost no homework at all. Which got me pretty good at lying to teachers or just sneaking out. I was mostly well behaved at school other than that. Although I never gave much of a crap other than scraping a pass. My plan was to join the army as soon as I left school. When I did leave my mother refused completely to let me sign up. I was just turning 16 and you need parental permission if you are under 18.
Next I quickly scrambled to get a place at a nearby college. Two of my subjects were Sociology and Psychology so if you can come out of those still being racist and homophobic you are pretty much lost cause. So I spent the last 4 years realizing how much of a dick I was and working on fixing it.
