josiegrossie said:
i know, i know... i'm all fucked up. so you really think the best thing for you was to move out at 17? how did you recover your relationship with your parents?
Yes, I think it was best. I might have killed my stepdad if not and then I would have missed out on what a great person he really is.
I went on to college, made money playing in a band, learned about life by living it on my own, got a motorcycle, spent many weekends with my dad (to discover what a piece of shit he is), spent some weekends with my parents (to discover that we had all changed a little), learned about what it takes to support oneself and what happens when one doesn't try hard enough (go hungry), got married, had a kid, joined the Army and fought in little dirty conflicts all over the world, discovered that my wife was a fucking psychopath, got a divorce, moved on.
In the meantime, I discovered that I had grown up and that my family is great when they're not hovering about me all the time. They discovered that I'm not really such a bad guy, just different, and that I had grown up. All is well.