3. You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain, W...

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain, What's the best real-life example of this?

I understand that perfectly. When I was growing up my parents split up when I was 3 and my older brother and I lived with my mom. I didn’t know why they split up because I couldn’t remember, my mom was told it was bad to speak about the other parent in a negative way around the kids so she never told us. Well we would see my dad all the time on the weekends and he seemed like a great guy. Well then when I was 11, he took my mom to court for our custody for the last time and she was a single mother who had 2 kids so she couldn’t afford lawyers or anything and my brother and dad managed to convince me to testify against my mom. That was the biggest mistake of my entire life.

My mom was sobbing because my dad had won. I was very confused and didn’t know what to think. Well I soon found out that he was the father I never wanted, he never allowed me or my brother to see my mom and he was angry all the time. About a year later he started getting violent and my mom would let CPS know what happened but then they would do nothing. He even stopped paying for my school stuff, then my clothes, and even later my food. So by 13 I was pretty much completely independent and my dad only gave me the roof over my head and beat it into me, figuratively and literally, that I should be grateful that he’s such a great guy.

Every single day I regret that decision and I know exactly how you feel.

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