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My life is just like this movie...

posted 13 years ago by archer6749
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When I was younger (about one or two) my mom and dad divorced and I never hardly spent anytime with him and he eventually stopped coming around all together and now has another family of his own. After they divorced my mom dated several men throughout the year's who mostly cheated on her then when I was fifteen a family friend came to visit my mom and he pulled this charm that Dwight pulled in the movie by complimenting everything and trying to get in good with me, although I could tell that he was nothing but a huge fake. About a couple of months later, he and my mom found a house and while we were moving she told me I could leave anything I didn't want in my old house but then decided to change her story when the boyfriend was around and he threatened to kick a whole through my wall, throw everything outside and burn it if I didn't have all my stuff in his truck in less than fifteen minutes. Letting me know for sure that he just cracked open the person that I figured he was. Now he and my mom are married and just like Dwight, he only plays the charm when he's around other people but is a complete bastard when he's around my mom and me. In the last seven years he has taken internet, the phone jack out of my room, the T.V., and even shut off the electricity in my room too as well as throwing me out of my room and throwing half of my stuff away. He also has pushed me down twice, grabbed me by the hair of the head and pull me up against the side of the kitchen cabinet like that, and has gotten up in my face while calling me a fat ass bitch. So yea bottom line, if a guy acts like he's a knight in shining armor, chances are he isn't

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[–] ryoko_the_spacepirate1 13 years ago

Out of curiosity do you hate your mom for allowing all of that stuff to go down?

There are many moms out there who if they even suspect someone is mistreating is their kid they head for the hills no looking back.Then their are the moms on the other end of the spectrum who will burn their kids alive by previous relationships and watch as the kid with the current guy is saved to maintain a relationship.I didn't exaggerate the last part this actually happened.

"I think I liked it better when I thought Sylar ate brains."

[–] archer6749 13 years ago

My mother cares for me about as much as what I care for her, which isn't saying much. One day we got into an argument before I got ready to leave the house and she took the car keys away from me and told me I could walk and that she hoped I would get raped on the way there. The only reason why my mom tolerate's him being like this towards me is because she doesn't want to work and never has a day in her life. She has always had someone taking care of her and handing out money to her which is the main reason why she married this guy. Only she denies that's the real reason and he doesn't know about how she mooched off of her parent's and previous relationships in the past, and I know it wouldn't do any good to tell him because he believe's her word over mine any day.

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[–] ryoko_the_spacepirate1 13 years ago

well one day you'll be old enough to break free and you'll go off to college.

"I think I liked it better when I thought Sylar ate brains."

[–] texxas-1 13 years ago

thanks for sharing that story. it sounds like u need to get that punk stepdad of urs on the steve wilkos show.

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[–] Dejael 13 years ago

This movie was just like my childhood and young teen years in the 1950s and early 1960s. I had an abusive alcoholic dad who was suffering from PTSD (which nobody had a clue about in those days) from 5 years of Army hell in WW2 fighting Nazis. My mom didn't have a clue what to do because she was afraid of him and so he kept beating her up and beating us kids (I was the oldest out of 4) and finally when I was a senior in high school, she got up the nerve to file for divorce, which was final after I graduated from high school at age 18 in 1965. I felt so sorry for my mom, she was submissive and passive, while my dad was aggressive and very belligerent when he was drunk. We all just tried to stay out of his way, and do anything he said to do. I was so happy to be freed from that abusive relationship when I was finally out on my own!

Dejael

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 13 years ago

Hello, we haven't written since almost a year and a half ago, but I am here! My father was in the military in WW2 and was a conservatory trained pianist who couldn't fit in the world. Most of his adult life he was addicted to pharma. My mother was an alcoholic so some of my life was rather upsetting. Details on more are available if desired.

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[–] doctor_dickenstein 12 years ago

no offense but your mom sounds like a total slut/gold digger.

"He must've thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?"

[–] Stacy_says 11 years ago

No offense but you seem like a low life scumbag

[–] doctor_dickenstein 10 years ago

i don't think so stacy, i'm not the one that lets my spouse treat my son like sh!t and beat/abuse him. if you condone that, then cool.

"He must've thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?"

[–] does_england_exist 11 years ago

Kiddo, if you're under 18, tell someone; if you're over 18, TELL SOMEONE. Put federal dollars to good use and get outta there. You can take care of your mom when you're independent.

[–] RCeditor 10 years ago

archer6749, I hope that you are out of that situation by now.

[–] archer6749 10 years ago

Unfortunately not. I am actually 24 years old now and I live at home because my step dad works in another state and is only home every other weekend and since my mom has seizures I don't like leaving her by herself. When he gets laid off from work during the winter time or when he is home he still makes life hell for me but the good news is that he's retiring at the end of the year and I will be gone for good!

[–] IcingOnTheCake 10 years ago

It's terrible what a time you've had. Is he good to your mother? Maybe you should contact a family member about her staying with them after you leave.
You deserve to break free and have a good life.

[–] joana-pedroso15 9 years ago

Well, you wrote this in 2011 and we are now in 2015 so I hope that by now you moved on with your life and left the home...