Kids really can go through a lot and everyone just acts like we have to move on. In a way that's true, as it's the only real option, but people that went through stuff didn't ask for it.

Me and my brother still don't get why our parents ever had us. We just got treated like big inconveniences and they fought with each other and just sucked us into their misery.

I'm as far past stuff as possible now, like in your analogy, what's done is done, and I'm better than I was at my worst, but it really grinds me and my brother that they will never acknowledge they should have been better for us. It's like, you did this to us, and while you can't fix it, you're still blaming us for not being what we could have, but you guys were the ones tearing us down our whole lives.

They get all upset when we go a long time without talking, but I say you didn't want us when we were there and needed you. Now we're on our own and you're upset you don't have a more inclusive role in our lives? We were forced to live without you, other than being scared of you, be glad you get this much.

Ugh, I forget what my point was, but I liked your story. 😂. Wood shavings gang unite!