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Our parents promised us we would feel like fools for thinking we were smarter than them as kids. When exactly does that start?
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My narcissistic, selfish, and abusive parents abused things like "because I said so," "you'll understand when you're older," and "you'll understand when you have kids" among other things.
I now understand. They were shitheads that never wanted to actually explain things or be held accountable for their fucking abuse. I understand that it literally took EFFORT for them to be so goddamn angry and verbally/physically abusive to us, and it takes a serious level of hate to sprinkle in the emotional neglect and somehow be okay with treating your child like that.
I can't fathom doing half the shit they did.
Hmmm.... Did we have the same parents?
Apparently why I haven't spoken to them or seen them in over a decade is a mystery. The next time I see them will be when they are in their graves. I'll have my dancing shoes on.