I drink... but not often and not much. And I will NEVER get behind the wheel if I have even just a sip of wine. And I don't handle alcohol like most people... it makes me nauseous, so obviously I don't ever have much.
But anyways... about the parents. My mom has arthritis, so she used to hit me and my sibs with a wooden spoon... until she broke one. Then she used a slipper. She's stopped now, thankfully... considering my little brother is 16 and outweighs her by over 100 lbs (he's a chunk). She yelled at me a lot, though, and used to tell me all the time that I was stupid. I finally told her that if she thought i was so stupid, I should just drop out of school, 'cause it'd just be a waste of money. And then she stopped that. Now she yells at me, then tells me "well, fine, it's your life." I always reply, "so why did you spend the past 10 minutes yelling at me?" And we just laugh it off. My dad stresses her out a lot, and since I'm around the most, she takes it out on me. My dad used to hit us with a leather belt... not the metal buckle end. If I ever have kids, I swear I'm never going to hit them. I don't even believe in hitting pets.
So my parents aren't bad anymore, but I suffer from sibling abuse. I'm the middle of 3 kids, and my sister isn't that bad, 'cause she's always at work and the worst she calls me is "nerd" and "hippie", but my brother! He's a few inches taller than me, and over 100 lbs heavier than me, and when he gets angry, he pushes me around. Thankfully, I run faster than him, so I go hide out in my room... but when he gets mad, the whole house rumbles. It's scary.
I used to work at a Walgreens, and there were parents in there all the time, hitting their kids. I mean, it's bad enough to hit your kid, but in public? That just embarrasses you. :::shivers:::
Infact I got chased by a mad man yesterday! He was my neighbor, I hid in the woods while he looked for me but then my other neighbor's chased me out of the woods... It's not like I have anywhere safe to go
