Sounds like someone is not being successful.
She claimed to be. In the last few years, things have shifted.
Time seems to have that effect.
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Mom liked the wooden spoon, dad the belt, sometimes fists, and I was the older sibling.
Which must be why a burn or cut felt like an invitation to get to know each other.
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Ok Bozo. I keep handing you opportunities to say something smart, funny, and with some sting to it but you just keep sucking out loud.
Get with it man!
Dad was absent, mom used his belt. He is a fat fuck (87 now) so that 44" belt was a real deterrent - but not enough.
She would make us go to our room, pull down our pants and wait for her.
Pops wasn’t adverse to punching me. Happened more than a few times.
Now I want to give you a wet willie and flick your nuts like my oldest brother did me.
Wow. Some pathology there.
Yet you seem pretty balanced.
WTF?
I have enough and am doing better than a lot of people, so I decide to spend my time helping others, Not just donating but being there in person.
So why the name calling if you are successful with the current ruling class?
And you do? Bwahahahaha…
How many other people are there in your moms basement?
One time I decided to count out loud every hit, just to piss him off. I don’t remember what I did to be punished for, but I remember it was 63 before I broke.
I was not the best older brother, and still regret it. I tell my kids that they should always be a bodyguard, cheerleader, and confidant to eachother. But being the oldest son raised by a single mom, I had a lot of responsibility I wasn’t prepared for.
I suppose a healthy amount of empathy, disconnecting from the world for a while, and the drive for self-improvement all tie together.
Which I think my single mom deserves a good chunk of credit for.
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Pussy.
Pretty sure you get the humor.
I am truly sorry to report that my experience with my older brothers has affected my relationship with my daughter, who is twenty months older than my son. I am not sure what the dynamic is that has older siblings be assholes to younger siblings, but it is there. As the youngest of three, I was intolerant of my daughter picking on my son. I was tough on her when picking on her little brother.
Both of my parents were only children. They assumed the abuse was natural between siblings. They didn’t recognize when the picking on became abusive. My middle brother figured it out and stopped picking on me when I was about eight years old - he was eighteen months older and likely an old soul.
You get a pass from me.
This is what I have done. It has been a blessing. I went no contact with my brother (the oldest, the middle brother passed in 2001) and it has been the best thing I have ever done.
Life changing.
My mom is pretty bright. My dad is numb but is smart enough to follow the lead of my mother. My mom knows she fucked up. I know she was doing her best.
When I unplugged two years ago, went deep into meditation and Eastern Spirituality, she let me go, kept talking to me, listened, learned, read, and was my advocate.
Moms rock.
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It’s better than being a prisoner in Plato’s Allegory In The Cave.
Dude, you’re flopping like your old lady after valium and anal night. (Thats thursdays in case you were wondering.)
How come you never told me this is a thing!
Hmm, checks calender. Jackpot.
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. It has just always been a thing. I thought everybody knew.
“Tomorrow night is the night.”
Old joke, not even funny.
Welp. I am going to give you some unsolicited advice and I am sure it will be as welcome as a case of the clap.
I am pretty sure you are a bad ass, but you will never win on the interwebz, so you should just cool your jetz and relax. I speak from experience. On the webz, I can kill you.
In real life, I would most likely giggle, shake your hand, buy you a beer and we would be friends.
Nothing on this forum matters. It’s a bunch of trolls sitting in mom’s basement drinking Kool Aid and eating Hot Pockets.
It’s just not worth the angst.
Check out Stoicism and Taoism (Daoism). It makes life pretty easy.
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I suspect you got into it with those peeps you mentioned - I have been there.
White fucking rage!
But it was more about other shit than the peeps talking smack on TNation. Probably childhood shit. It is always childhood shit.
At least for me.
I am not familiar with the things you went through with the people you mentioned. I do know that a few of the peeps here with whom you have issues seem to be pretty good guys.
Others, not so much - and I would pay to watch your “old ass” kick their smug asses.
But, it ain’t gonna happen.
I do think you misunderstand @SkyzykS , but he is a big boy and can take care of himself.
Whatever the case, be a good dad (I am sure you are), be a good grandpa (I am sure you are), and relax a little.
I don’t mean that as condemnation, just something I have learned.
I am sixty, so have a few miles under my belt.
Bullshit.
That has been happening since this countries inception.
Quit defending your position as victim and own the fact that you use it to justify your rage.
I was poisoned with draino but you don’t see me going around starting fights with plumbers, do you? 
You’re a big old badass, but you can’t defeat yourself?
Not much of a badass at all then. Just good at picking fights you think you’ll win.
I know. I was here for that. My join date says 2002 I think, but it was actually right around 2000 that I signed up. I used to chat with OctoberGirl, TheBodygaurd, and Ranger1 cuz he liked my fishing pictures that reminded him of home.
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