Tag Archives: bullying

AR Neal DD

Claiming My Calm

June 6, 2013 · by · in Your Stories

It started like this: I stepped out of the genetic enhancement module and was all like a combination of: I felt good about telling my story, and was grateful for the chance to join the donkey ranks here. The genetic enhancement module will do that. The feeling lasted for about three minutes. Not the gratefulness […]

FreeFromHim DD

Free from him – a daughter’s story of emotional abuse.

June 4, 2013 · by · in Your Stories

I cannot call myself a victim. Even though I have suffered at the hands of my father. He was never physically abusive to me, nor sexual, but he did cross many of those boundaries. He never lived up to the expectations of a father. He wasn’t protective of me, he didn’t shelter me from harm. […]

Twindaddy DD

Guest Post: How I Overcame My Abuse

April 26, 2013 · by · in Your Stories

For the first of hopefully many Guest Posts, please welcome Twindaddy, writer of humor, honest self-reflection, and stuph™ over at Stuphblog (go take a gander, and while you’re there, click that blog-happy Follow button). And, before you begin this story, I would like to say thank you to Twindaddy for sharing his journey to freedom. It […]

Suspicious Silence

March 5, 2013 · by · in Custody

I called the kids today, like I do on Tuesdays. I called at 2:42pm. The call went to voicemail. The call was not returned. I texted at 3:52pm: I’ve been waiting for a call back from the kids. Are they avail to talk now? I didn’t get an answer. I texted again at 4:13pm: What […]

I’m too tired to be weak

February 28, 2013 · by · in Custody

I’m too tired to be anything but strong. I’m tired of being made to feel like a periphery parent. I’m tired of the put-downs. I’m tired of his shit. I’m too tired to be weak. I do my best to call the kids after school on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I didn’t call this past Tuesday […]

Your move was for selfish reasons

February 20, 2013 · by · in A Day in a Life

This new development has punched me in the stomach. It feels so real Donkey might as well have physically come into my house and punched me in my stomach. I sent a simple non-answer response before going to bed last night to commence a night full of nightmares. I left off the screaming “fuck you” […]

Selfish Is as Selfish Does

February 19, 2013 · by · in Custody

After all the grief he gave me for moving to Atlanta instead of somewhere in Florida, he wants to move somewhere else in Florida instead of to Atlanta. He is such a hypocrite. He has the nerve to berate me for moving nine hours closer to the kids, the nerve to tell me I could […]

An Angry Reader

January 11, 2013 · by · in A Day in a Life

When it first started I answered a couple. Then more came and I decided to wait until he was finished. I popped over to his blog and did some reciprocal reading. Nothing about this journey has been easy. I have found a great deal of support here. I have found others with the same experiences; […]

Another lesson in the Learned book

January 10, 2013 · by · in A Day in a Life

You know those scenes in movies? The ones where the character falls to their knees in the middle of a dark, empty street, in the middle of a rain storm, with thunder clapping and lightening striking, and they throw up their arms, look into the dark abyss above and scream from the bottom of their […]

Forces of evil in a bozo nightmare

January 9, 2013 · by · in Custody

I feel horrible. I can’t get my head wrapped around the nonsense. I do feel like I failed, like as soon as he said he would be flexible with his plans, I should have jumped, and jumped hard, to get my weekend. But I didn’t. Soy un perdedor. I’m not over his threat to take me […]

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