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Three years ago I had to stop my 17 year-old adopted sister from hitting our elderly mother over $30 of missing Amazon crap on Christmas day, then I called the sheriff on she and her baby daddy. Five cars came to mediate the situation.
Needless to say, I don't go to family Christmases anymore.
Families suck.
Sorry to hear that. That's awful. If you have your own family in the future, that's your chance to make sure nothing like that happens in it. We learn from the mistakes we experience.
I honestly feel like we get better with each generation from experiences like this.
I've read too many history books to think that things get better with our species over time, and my time is too valuable to me to waste on kids, but that's just me.
I hope the choices you've made are fulfilling for you.
Oh I'm certain our generation is kinder to our kids than those that came before us. History shows us a lot of cruelty to each other over the years but it also shows us a huge improvement over time, particularly in the last 60 odd years.
But thanks I appreciate where you're coming from and for sure I'm a better dad than my dad was and for sure he was a better dad than his dad was.
Hopefully we're getting there. :)
I hope you have the opportunity to build a family (via biology or social bond) that better lives up.
I learned to be happy on my own, which is the best thing ever if you ask me.
I don't need other people to live a fulfilling life, and I hope I never feel like I need anyone but myself.
Lol, what? I'd beat the shit out of her if she tried to lay a hand on me mom.
She'd learn real fucking quick about what it really means to beat on someone weaker than you.
It's a nice thought but I'm pretty sure my beating the shit out of a 17 year-old girl wouldn't have reflected well on me in front of five sheriff's deputies.