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Originally Posted by MrsSchaaff
To me it is incomprehensible. People like this will never understand the impact they have.
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Unfortunately, Jess, I believe that many of them know
exactly the impact that they have and do what they do on purpose, like that person from high school. What I honestly cannot comprehend is what drives people to be so purposefully hurtful. The only conclusion that I have reached after pondering this for some time is that for whatever reason, there are some people who are just hurtful, angry, mean bast***s who are best avoided whenever possible.
On the other hand, the following quote from a former first lady was very helpful in helping me move on from my own childhood hurts (and for those who have observed that it's the dads who do this, it was my mom in my case):
"Noone can make you feel inferior without your consent."---Eleanor Roosevelt
Reading that one day, a light bulb went on for me...an 'aha!' moment, if you will. That was the day I stopped giving that consent.
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If someone made an insulting comment to one of my kids, they'd better learn to duck, no matter if they're family or not.
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Potatofree, I agree 100%. I'm a big girl and can take care of myself, but hurt one of my kids and you'll have to deal with 'momma grizzly'.