Newly married woman gets... creative after her husband hits her.

I was 1. I'm 47 now. Doing ok, thanks. :) By the time I really understood how bad it was it became ancient history when he left town, moved to Georgia and remarried. My sister sought him out when she was 13 (I was 12) and ended up living with him for a year and met our step brothers (I have not). Mom died 10 years ago and he died 8 years ago. from what my sister tells me. Both step brothers are (or at least were) in prison for drug dealing in Georgia. As a teenager I hated him but years ago I stopped really caring about him. I realized he was a complete stranger to me and my life, good and bad, have nothing to do with him. It's not sad, and no need to feel sorry for me. It just is. I suppose if life was a movie we'd have this wrenching scene of meeting. Maybe there'd have been tears and hugs or screams and fights. Either way I'm well over it. I'm comfortable with who I am and the life I've chosen.

My grandfather died the same day as Richard Nixon. President Nixon's obituary was on the front page of world news and my grandfather's was a front page of local. Everybody in town knew him and there was probably a thousand or more people at his funeral.

My childhood has shaped a lot of my life of course. I hope it made me a better father and a better man. Growing up poor definitely motivated me to high achievement.

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