Well done Josh, you have the satisfaction of knowing you stood up for yourself as a child. I wish I'd done the same to my own abusive mother. My father never even argued back, because he'd learned from experience that she would take revenge when he was at work, by destroying his belongings, and he was terrified she would injure or kill the children, which she had threatened many times. She tried to drown my brother and me at the beach when we were little, but we managed to struggle free. Years later she related the story, laughing as if it were comical. I've sometimes fantasized about killing her myself as a child. If she were dead, my father would have nothing to fear, and could explain the situation to authorities. I might get off lightly, and family life could go on happily without her. When I told my sister about my fantasy, she said she wished I had done it!
Well done Josh, you have the satisfaction of knowing you stood up for yourself as a child. I wish I'd done the same to my own abusive mother. My father never even argued back, because he'd learned from experience that she would take revenge when he was at work, by destroying his belongings, and he was terrified she would injure or kill the children, which she had threatened many times. She tried to drown my brother and me at the beach when we were little, but we managed to struggle free. Years later she related the story, laughing as if it were comical. I've sometimes fantasized about killing her myself as a child. If she were dead, my father would have nothing to fear, and could explain the situation to authorities. I might get off lightly, and family life could go on happily without her. When I told my sister about my fantasy, she said she wished I had done it!