[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:
I grew up listening to that shit as well… I was adopted at a young age and was raised by a psychopath and a serious alcoholic, so I’ve seen some pretty intense fighting myself. When I was in bootcamp I used to tell everyone who got upset about all the screaming and yelling, “are you kidding me, this is nothing”.
But because I grew up around that and realized how much I HATED it I changed myself to make sure I was never like that. Now I will not tolerate screaming at all. I may get mad and my tone may change, but I don’t raise my voice and I don’t cuss at females. I’ve even been in a relationship with a girl who always had that type of relationship and tried baiting me into fighting with her. I eventually broke up with her after trying for months to show her I wasn’t playing her games.
Basically what it comes down to, granted I’m just an interweb nobody to you and I know this so you can take my advice or leave it, but if you really do fight with loved ones this way you need to get out of the relationship that you are in. Then while you are single work on YOU, and figure out what you need to do to stop being that way.
I say end the relationship because there is nothing you can do to change the ways of someone else, but you can change who you are and by doing so you change the type of people you attract and in turn provide a healthier environment for yourself, your children, your wife/ gf, and friends and family you expose to this behavior. This is all easier said than done, controlling temper is not the easiest thing to do.
But the goal is not to NEVER get made or lose your temper, the goal is to change how you react when losing your temper. Just my 2 cents. But like I said, I’m nobody to be giving you advice, I don’t even know you. I’m more writing this for whoever may be reading this and doesn’t understand that fighting like that IS NOT normal. If you’ve only been in relationships where you fight like that, then it’s because YOU are like that and therefor attract others like that or CAUSE others to react like that.
Being in a relationship where nobody yells or disrespects one another even after losing their temper is a wonderful thing.
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It’s awesome and a huge sign of inner strength that you broke the cycle instead of keeping it going. To people who grow up in those types of situations that IS normal. It says a lot when someone grows up with that being the norm and saying “NO. This is NOT the norm. I do not want to live this way”. Congrats on you and your girl stopping the cycle.[/quote]
Hes lucky not to have their genetics.