Not all older people but many of them

Yeah this was tough. Growing up and learning the family lore made me look differently at everyone who was an adult when I was a child.

Well said and 100% accurate.

He's not wrong, that whole sweep shit under the rug thing is very true. My stepmom would just bully me for absolutely no reason with a smug smile on her face. When I would walk away from her because I didn't want to deal with a argument over absolutely nothing, she would bully me over texts. "Running with your tail between your legs?". Where the hell is this coming from?

I would walk away because I could absolutely break her with a few honest words. Big tough country girl that beat the shit out of people because of her anger issues can't stop thinking about the old days that she hated so much, yet acts like it helped her build character.

When you grow up and see how broken your elders really are, it's sad. They gotta keep acting tough, like nobody can break them down or stress them out, when in reality they're all hurting inside and don't know how to express it in a healthy way. It's always blaming the younger generation for their own trauma, yet they weren't traumatized by the younger generation, but by their older generation that did it to them when they were young.

As soon as we start caring for others or telling others it's okay to cry or express themselves, they get triggered. "I wasn't allowed to do that! Neither should you! It made me who I am today!" Yeah, those types of elders I feel sorry for.

Yeah that family is everything bullshit got me fucked up. The only person in my family that ever loved me like family is supposed to was my mom. The rest of my family was trying to turn me against each other. Then after she passed and I became homeless at 17 not a single one of them even tried to check up on me. I dropped out of school because I had to worry more about surviving and from being so depressed and lost from losing not only my shelter from the storm but the rest of my family as well. And when I legally changed my last name they started bombarding me with "why did you change your name, don't you want to be a part of this family?" Type bullshit.

Damn I guess I’ve had a decent life

I feel what this guy is saying. Everyone in my family is messed up, and the only decent people have become bizarre in various ways as a means to cope.

That Man is speaking absolute facts!!

100% accurate, family straight up denying shit cause they've lived in their denial since the trauma happened, left over bs from 20th century mindset

My family loves to pretend treating women/girls baldy is okay and pretends all the abuse the females indure is okay cause time has passed. I'm raising 3 daughters they will not be around my family because of this unless they wanna talk about it. Guess what? We never talk about anything. Sadly I won't be talking to my parents until they are on their death bed because they refuse to have a conversation. So my daughter's will never have their grandparents because they aren't good people

wait hold on second.

did he just fucking in the family???