turtlescantwrite
October 23rd, 2013, 11:09 PM
I remember that when the violence first started, my step dad made it fairly clear that tattling was not to be accepted. That nothing would help.
It was the littlest things that would set him off, whether it be we ate breakfast without his permission or stepped inside without permission, when he and my mother wanted private time.
We stayed in a one bed/bath apartment, me, my brother, mother and step dad.
I dont remember much at such a young age, but i still know that whenever he got angry he would leave bruises on our wrists and tell us to stop crying. He told us that if we cried we would get hit more.
The one part I never understood during those sessions were him constantly saying "this hurts me more than you". Did it really?
My mother would usually watch or ignore, but if you got her angry enough she would hit and scream at you.
We didnt have but one neighbor who didnt really say anything. My mother kept us from my grandparents our first four and five years of life.
Who could help?
It was the littlest things that would set him off, whether it be we ate breakfast without his permission or stepped inside without permission, when he and my mother wanted private time.
We stayed in a one bed/bath apartment, me, my brother, mother and step dad.
I dont remember much at such a young age, but i still know that whenever he got angry he would leave bruises on our wrists and tell us to stop crying. He told us that if we cried we would get hit more.
The one part I never understood during those sessions were him constantly saying "this hurts me more than you". Did it really?
My mother would usually watch or ignore, but if you got her angry enough she would hit and scream at you.
We didnt have but one neighbor who didnt really say anything. My mother kept us from my grandparents our first four and five years of life.
Who could help?