What was the biggest 'plot twist' that happened in your life?

When I was 12 years old, my mother's boyfriend broke my sisters jaw. We had been being beaten for years, though not severely, significantly enough that people were talking about it. Of course, I had no idea getting knocked around to that level is a bad deal. There's only so many black eyes and bruises you can get before people in a small town start talking.

Anyway, when he broke my sisters jaw, she had to go to the hospital and my mother's (eventual) new husband would have to do a weekend in jail, plead guilty to x, y and z. The weekend is all he'd do.

I had to move out and move in with my aunt and uncle. They had four other kids plus my sister and I. It was super hard and things didn't always go real smooth. My sister was senior, it'd be her only year there, but I was just half way through 7th grade.

As you can imagine, I was pretty fucked up. Finding out that other kids didn't get black eyes and that I had been being beat and everybody had been talking about it. I was a mess.

I took to wrestling and became very good for the easiest reasons. But, that sport helped me stay in school and not get in fist fights. My aunt was Miss Alaska in bodybuilding. While my two sisters are fat to this day, I learned how to eat right over that next six years.

In addition, I went to six years of therapy. Writing this out... has me emotional a little bit. I guess old wounds leave lasting scars. I digress ...

Fast fwd 2+ decades and I could not have ever wanted it another way. I don't get in fist fights or beat my girlfriend, I'm not an alcoholic, I've never hurt anybody in my life who didn't straight up square up with me and leave me no choice.

My cousin became my brother and.... God Damn. I couldn't be a luckier guy in the world. The process of my entire life was a plot flip that I'm just now realizing was the best things that ever happened to me.

Thanks for letting me share....I didn't cry but my eyes are packed.

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