Dad and I had a very strained relationship during my childhood unfortunately - now it's much better but if I'm living at home for a long time, we clash so much. He used to (still recently compared with everything else) deliberately say things around me or to me to get me riled, knowing I'm very pro-equality. That's about as far as it goes nowadays, but he's still improving there!
People can be so horrible to other people. It's like they don't realize others have thoughts and feelings as well. I don't know about over there, but over here it seems like there is a teenage (even pre-teenaged) kid committing suicide due to being horribly bullied. It's absolutely terrible. I'm proud that you were able to overcome and make it through childhood. While sometimes it's not easy in adulthood, like you said, you just grow a thicker skin and it doesn't bother you as much.
Unfortunately it seems that suicides due to bullying are much more common now. People are calling it "bullycide". On FB there is a page run by a man whose son committed suicide after homophobic bullying, and the whole thing's just so sad. I thought I had it bad, but to actually want to die rather than face what your peers are doing to you.... :( Children can be worse than adults, it must be said! Most of the time, bullying in adulthood CAN be overcome by growing a skin, but if people aren't able to, it's certainly not their fault. I just don't understand why anyone would make it their life goal to destroy someone else :(
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Sounds like you were much more wise and mature than others your age when growing up.
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Well, I like to think I was!
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