TGAC, I'm so sorry you had to live through that. You remind me of my brother.
My parents had difficult up-bringing, so in my opinion, they did the best they could with us. They used the belt, but it's nothing compared to what they lived. What they did that really affected me was the way they shoved religion up our noses and controlled our lives to the core. I mean, let's face it, the fact that I had to escape a fucking Bible Institute after being locked in a room for two months at age 17 pretty much gives it up.
Then there is my brother. My brother now seems angry most of the time. When he speaks he says everything with a temper. He is very intelligent and when he is talking to someone who proves to be very ignorant he gets frustrated and this leads him to express himself with aggressiveness, which others relate to arrogance. He hates kids, except mine. No, really. In fact, on Saturday he came to visit with his wife of 5 years and they told me that they're getting a divorce. His wife wants kids, and he doesn't. He loves my kids, but that's just because they're mine. We are very close. He doesn't even like my sister's kids. Anyway, he was bullied, too. He has Tourette Syndrome and kids found this amusing. I am a year and half older than him, so we went to the same schools most of the time (keep in mind I went to around 20 schools, since my parents moved us around due to the "ministry"). He was bullied in every school. Since I was his older sister, I defended him. I was the tom-boy sister who got in fights all the time to defend him. Most of the time he didn't know I did this, because I didn't want him to feel worse. My parents didn't allow him to defend himself, since he had to give the other cheek. I had to do it, though, because this was the only way they would space out the beatings, spitting, etc. Now, people question why my brother is so aggressive. I was there to see everything, so I get it. That's probably why he makes the exception with me. We get along. My parents feel guilty, too. They have said they're sorry so many times, that now I feel sorry for them.
My parents had difficult up-bringing, so in my opinion, they did the best they could with us. They used the belt, but it's nothing compared to what they lived. What they did that really affected me was the way they shoved religion up our noses and controlled our lives to the core. I mean, let's face it, the fact that I had to escape a fucking Bible Institute after being locked in a room for two months at age 17 pretty much gives it up.
Then there is my brother. My brother now seems angry most of the time. When he speaks he says everything with a temper. He is very intelligent and when he is talking to someone who proves to be very ignorant he gets frustrated and this leads him to express himself with aggressiveness, which others relate to arrogance. He hates kids, except mine. No, really. In fact, on Saturday he came to visit with his wife of 5 years and they told me that they're getting a divorce. His wife wants kids, and he doesn't. He loves my kids, but that's just because they're mine. We are very close. He doesn't even like my sister's kids. Anyway, he was bullied, too. He has Tourette Syndrome and kids found this amusing. I am a year and half older than him, so we went to the same schools most of the time (keep in mind I went to around 20 schools, since my parents moved us around due to the "ministry"). He was bullied in every school. Since I was his older sister, I defended him. I was the tom-boy sister who got in fights all the time to defend him. Most of the time he didn't know I did this, because I didn't want him to feel worse. My parents didn't allow him to defend himself, since he had to give the other cheek. I had to do it, though, because this was the only way they would space out the beatings, spitting, etc. Now, people question why my brother is so aggressive. I was there to see everything, so I get it. That's probably why he makes the exception with me. We get along. My parents feel guilty, too. They have said they're sorry so many times, that now I feel sorry for them.
Pointing around: "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, I'm out!"
Half Baked
"Let the atheists come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of heathens belongs to people like these." -Saint Bacon
Half Baked
"Let the atheists come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of heathens belongs to people like these." -Saint Bacon
