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4meAndyou · F
Yes. I've been slapped repeatedly in the face, viciously pinched, kicked, and later in life, was slapped, punched in the eye, my lip split, my fingernail bitten off, and a large old and heavy television set held over my head while I was told that he was going to smash my head in with it. That was before he got drunk and threw a sofa at me.
Is the term for that "adult bully", or is it "criminal assault"?
Is the term for that "adult bully", or is it "criminal assault"?
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4meAndyou · F
@cherokeepatti No, although he WAS fired due to his temper and bad attitude from his last job, he had started his own glass business, and was self employed at the time. I took on a second job selling antiques and collectables on the weekends, thanks to my brother, who gave me his silver plated flatware business, probably out of pity.
He developed a disease called Spondyloarthropathy. It is a type of arthritis that attacks the spine. It can devolve into Reiter's syndrome in some individuals. The ex's first symptoms were horrible swelling in his hands and feet. He could not wear shoes at all...only moccasins and those had to be specially made. He had a lot of trouble walking because of the feet.
He worked in construction all his life, and his hands became swollen to twice their size.
During this 5 year period, he began to lose his mind. He saw a psychiatrist who put him on lithium.
He was looking at a future with a twisted spine, and the Reiters possibility would have caused his eyes to turn permanently red, and droop and weep. I had to quit my job at the Homeless Shelter and get out there and earn better money.
If he had not already been a bad tempered bully when drunk, he would have had reason to become worse when looking at this sort of future.
However, a miracle happened, and miracles DO exist even for people like the ex, and his disease went into remission after two years.
By that time he was in a deep, deep depression and it was extremely difficult to get him off his a$$ and into FREE re-training. He went to college on the State's dime because he was disabled, and is now an IT manager working in Braintree.
He developed a disease called Spondyloarthropathy. It is a type of arthritis that attacks the spine. It can devolve into Reiter's syndrome in some individuals. The ex's first symptoms were horrible swelling in his hands and feet. He could not wear shoes at all...only moccasins and those had to be specially made. He had a lot of trouble walking because of the feet.
He worked in construction all his life, and his hands became swollen to twice their size.
During this 5 year period, he began to lose his mind. He saw a psychiatrist who put him on lithium.
He was looking at a future with a twisted spine, and the Reiters possibility would have caused his eyes to turn permanently red, and droop and weep. I had to quit my job at the Homeless Shelter and get out there and earn better money.
If he had not already been a bad tempered bully when drunk, he would have had reason to become worse when looking at this sort of future.
However, a miracle happened, and miracles DO exist even for people like the ex, and his disease went into remission after two years.
By that time he was in a deep, deep depression and it was extremely difficult to get him off his a$$ and into FREE re-training. He went to college on the State's dime because he was disabled, and is now an IT manager working in Braintree.
CastorTroy · 31-35, M
@cherokeepatti Good for you!!!
Keepitsimple · 51-55, F
PerfectionOfTheHeart · 46-50, F
I haven’t been on the receiving end of a bully since I got out of my ugly duckling stage. And if anyone has tried to buck up on me I’ve either cared so little about their existence I never acknowledged them or their actions…or my awesome sauce force field has been too thick to be penetrated by petty crap that’s tried to come at me. I’ve witnessed them though. Weak-minded individuals hung up on their insecurities so much they project them onto others has no age limit.
mylasttimehere · 26-30, M
MaryJanine · 61-69, F
I went to a class reunion, and was pleasant to one man who was in my first grade class. He had too much to drink, stood up, and told everyone about an accident I had in the first grade. That was over six deacdes ago. Everybody who was present roared; I wanted to die.I refused to go to any more reunions, and the man died recently.
CastorTroy · 31-35, M
@MaryJanine It is pathetic how others still keep this kind of thing in mind.
MaryJanine · 61-69, F
@CastorTroy Raymond was like that; I was willing to let bygones be bygones, but not HIM.
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
CastorTroy · 31-35, M
@Justmeraeagain I think in this instance, a strong silence from you is needed. Stop repeating yourself and make an excuse if you can to leave. She needs to stew in her own drama and not add you for an ingredient!
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
@CastorTroy Good advice,thanks.
CastorTroy · 31-35, M
@SweetMae Pitiful immaturity of them.
CastorTroy · 31-35, M
@Riverman2 Unbelievable how people can act towards others with no conscience.
Mamapolo2016 · F
bijouxbroussard · F
CastorTroy · 31-35, M
@bijouxbroussard This is the saddest part. They still see the ones they bullied as the weak little kid.