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Just sitting here thinking about people I no longer see.
My grandad.
He died when I was about 7 or 8. We were at their house for Xmas. I remember waking up in the spare bedroom hearing my mum going "1-2-3 breathe...1-2-3 breathe" (she was a nurse back then). I didn't realise it at the time but he passed away that night.
I remember sitting downstairs with my mum and Sis (3 or 4 then) and Nan.
Ambulance/Police were in the living room.
Apparently he had a heart attack and died in his sleep. Nan says before they turned in for the night, he said "You'd better kiss me goodnight Dot, don't want to go without that".
Odd but 100% true.
He was cool, I remember on Xmas morning the year before, my present from him was a Weetabix box. I opened it up and it was full of Star Wars action figures, all Stormtroopers so I had enough for an army.
He used to take me into the toyshop and tell me to get anything I wanted.
And I used to stand on his slippers/feet and he would walk me around the house.
I miss my grandad but I don't remember him too clearly, and that makes me feel guilty.
My nan isn't doing too well, she's not fully aware of things more often and she needs a social worker to pop in every other day or so.
It's going to break me when she dies, I'm closer to my nan than I am anyone else in family.
My Dad.
I don't miss him at all. Rarely think of him to be honest.
My parents got divorced when I was 11.
Me and my Sis would go and stay with him every other weekend, him and his new woman.
After a few months of that, I decided that if he could walk out on his kids then I didn't want to know him and he certainly had no claim to me as his "son", so I stopped visiting him.
The last time I spoke to him, I was about 13.
15 years ago now and I'm being honest when I say that I think of him maybe once or twice every few months - if that.
It just doesn't interest me in what he's doing now.
Last I heard, he was living in France.
His dad/my grandad on his side of the family died last year.
I had nothing to do with his parents, they took sides and when you're a kid you don't understand why nan & grandad won't talk to you.
I didn't go to the funeral, meant nothing to me. Neither did he.
Shows how much he thinks of other people.
And if I see him in the street, if I even recognised him anymore, I would do my utmost to punch his lights out.
For the upset and misery he caused to my mum and sister.
For the number of night shifts my mum worked in order to pay for me and my sister to go to school/have decent clothes.
She went without a lot of things for a long time so her two kids could have a decent life.
My stepfather.
A bullying, violent psychopath.
Did time in prison for assault before he met my mum and she didn't know.
He was fine until he moved in, and then he changed.
A man that once punched me up a flight of stairs for telling him to not grab my cat.
And a load of other stuff I don't want to talk about.
It took a court order and police to remove him from our lives.
I was a scared little boy when he was around, I could do nothing when he started on my mum and sister.
But I'm not little anymore and I swear on my family if I ever meet him again I will do my utmost to kill him.
That's not exaggeration - I will try to end his life if he ever shows up again here.
It's been over a decade since he left, but my hate still flows for that man and how he treated us.
Now it's late and I'm going to bed, I just wanted to get out the thoughts in my head that are stopping me from sleeping.
01:12 and wide awake.
This sucks.
My grandad.
He died when I was about 7 or 8. We were at their house for Xmas. I remember waking up in the spare bedroom hearing my mum going "1-2-3 breathe...1-2-3 breathe" (she was a nurse back then). I didn't realise it at the time but he passed away that night.
I remember sitting downstairs with my mum and Sis (3 or 4 then) and Nan.
Ambulance/Police were in the living room.
Apparently he had a heart attack and died in his sleep. Nan says before they turned in for the night, he said "You'd better kiss me goodnight Dot, don't want to go without that".
Odd but 100% true.
He was cool, I remember on Xmas morning the year before, my present from him was a Weetabix box. I opened it up and it was full of Star Wars action figures, all Stormtroopers so I had enough for an army.
He used to take me into the toyshop and tell me to get anything I wanted.
And I used to stand on his slippers/feet and he would walk me around the house.
I miss my grandad but I don't remember him too clearly, and that makes me feel guilty.
My nan isn't doing too well, she's not fully aware of things more often and she needs a social worker to pop in every other day or so.
It's going to break me when she dies, I'm closer to my nan than I am anyone else in family.
My Dad.
I don't miss him at all. Rarely think of him to be honest.
My parents got divorced when I was 11.
Me and my Sis would go and stay with him every other weekend, him and his new woman.
After a few months of that, I decided that if he could walk out on his kids then I didn't want to know him and he certainly had no claim to me as his "son", so I stopped visiting him.
The last time I spoke to him, I was about 13.
15 years ago now and I'm being honest when I say that I think of him maybe once or twice every few months - if that.
It just doesn't interest me in what he's doing now.
Last I heard, he was living in France.
His dad/my grandad on his side of the family died last year.
I had nothing to do with his parents, they took sides and when you're a kid you don't understand why nan & grandad won't talk to you.
I didn't go to the funeral, meant nothing to me. Neither did he.
Shows how much he thinks of other people.
And if I see him in the street, if I even recognised him anymore, I would do my utmost to punch his lights out.
For the upset and misery he caused to my mum and sister.
For the number of night shifts my mum worked in order to pay for me and my sister to go to school/have decent clothes.
She went without a lot of things for a long time so her two kids could have a decent life.
My stepfather.
A bullying, violent psychopath.
Did time in prison for assault before he met my mum and she didn't know.
He was fine until he moved in, and then he changed.
A man that once punched me up a flight of stairs for telling him to not grab my cat.
And a load of other stuff I don't want to talk about.
It took a court order and police to remove him from our lives.
I was a scared little boy when he was around, I could do nothing when he started on my mum and sister.
But I'm not little anymore and I swear on my family if I ever meet him again I will do my utmost to kill him.
That's not exaggeration - I will try to end his life if he ever shows up again here.
It's been over a decade since he left, but my hate still flows for that man and how he treated us.
Now it's late and I'm going to bed, I just wanted to get out the thoughts in my head that are stopping me from sleeping.
01:12 and wide awake.
This sucks.
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You think she's kidding, but her hair really is a sentient lifeform :-D
Yeah, I'll try and smack you too, but everyone else will be in the way, probably. :0D
Stryke wrote:
> Again, we really need to have an SR meet-up one of these days.
>
> So many people will hit me. It'll be great.
I'll attmept to hit you in the face, find that I can't actually reach and so yank on your beard and sprint off, pulling off backflips and somersaults as I hightail it to the safety of Tony :-D
> Again, we really need to have an SR meet-up one of these days.
>
> So many people will hit me. It'll be great.
I'll attmept to hit you in the face, find that I can't actually reach and so yank on your beard and sprint off, pulling off backflips and somersaults as I hightail it to the safety of Tony :-D
Leprachaun wrote:
"But I shall catch it on a not-so-messy day and make it say hi to your brain. I am sure they will fall madly in love :)"
I damn well hope so, it'll keep him off the streets.
"But I shall catch it on a not-so-messy day and make it say hi to your brain. I am sure they will fall madly in love :)"
I damn well hope so, it'll keep him off the streets.
Grix Thraves wrote:
>
> If only I had that sort of affect on women in the real world...
>
*faints* Ooh, Grixy. Heh. You have opinions, you rule. I bow down to theeee. Pretty eventful evening. Hum. Excellent.
>
> It'll get along with my brain well, I expect.
>
I hope so. My hair does have mood swings at times though. But I shall catch it on a not-so-messy day and make it say hi to your brain. I am sure they will fall madly in love :)
>
> If only I had that sort of affect on women in the real world...
>
*faints* Ooh, Grixy. Heh. You have opinions, you rule. I bow down to theeee. Pretty eventful evening. Hum. Excellent.
>
> It'll get along with my brain well, I expect.
>
I hope so. My hair does have mood swings at times though. But I shall catch it on a not-so-messy day and make it say hi to your brain. I am sure they will fall madly in love :)
Again, we really need to have an SR meet-up one of these days.
So many people will hit me. It'll be great.
So many people will hit me. It'll be great.
Leprachaun wrote:
"Wow. I have respect from the cool Grix dude. Wow. I shall now grin for the rest of the evening."
If only I had that sort of affect on women in the real world...
"Talking about what's going on in my mind is difficult for me on here, because I am always trying to gain respect from our dearest Regulars and Notables. I am not your average Newbie. I am the FANTASTIC Newbie, with cool hair."
Nice.
Best way to get respect on here is to speak your mind. I personally love to read stuff by opinionistic people, or whatever the word is. Boring people that love to list stats and have no opinion other than "it's good" drive me ever so slightly mad.
"You -must- come and meet my hair Grix. It will be pleased to meet you."
It'll get along with my brain well, I expect.
"Now I shall sink back into the shadows of bad posts and hide from the prouling eyes of the Regulars and Notables."
I wouldn't bother. We're all very open people, within straight confines.
"Wow. I have respect from the cool Grix dude. Wow. I shall now grin for the rest of the evening."
If only I had that sort of affect on women in the real world...
"Talking about what's going on in my mind is difficult for me on here, because I am always trying to gain respect from our dearest Regulars and Notables. I am not your average Newbie. I am the FANTASTIC Newbie, with cool hair."
Nice.
Best way to get respect on here is to speak your mind. I personally love to read stuff by opinionistic people, or whatever the word is. Boring people that love to list stats and have no opinion other than "it's good" drive me ever so slightly mad.
"You -must- come and meet my hair Grix. It will be pleased to meet you."
It'll get along with my brain well, I expect.
"Now I shall sink back into the shadows of bad posts and hide from the prouling eyes of the Regulars and Notables."
I wouldn't bother. We're all very open people, within straight confines.
Mr.Snuggly wrote:
> Damn, life really does suck. I'm pretty lucky that my folks have
> always got on pretty well. My heart goes out to anyone who has had a
> sucky upbringing, I've been blessed with a pretty sweet childhood I
> guess.
It's probably all the Highlander crisps they make you eat. I ate a pack once and I was on a high for days, hugging people in the street and smiling like a retard.
> Damn, life really does suck. I'm pretty lucky that my folks have
> always got on pretty well. My heart goes out to anyone who has had a
> sucky upbringing, I've been blessed with a pretty sweet childhood I
> guess.
It's probably all the Highlander crisps they make you eat. I ate a pack once and I was on a high for days, hugging people in the street and smiling like a retard.
Wow. I have respect from the cool Grix dude. Wow. I shall now grin for the rest of the evening.
Thanks Rob. Thanks to my delightful SW friends. Aww....you guys.
Talking about what's going on in my mind is difficult for me on here, because I am always trying to gain respect from our dearest Regulars and Notables. I am not your average Newbie. I am the FANTASTIC Newbie, with cool hair. You -must- come and meet my hair Grix. It will be pleased to meet you.
Now I shall sink back into the shadows of bad posts and hide from the prouling eyes of the Regulars and Notables.
Thanks Rob. Thanks to my delightful SW friends. Aww....you guys.
Talking about what's going on in my mind is difficult for me on here, because I am always trying to gain respect from our dearest Regulars and Notables. I am not your average Newbie. I am the FANTASTIC Newbie, with cool hair. You -must- come and meet my hair Grix. It will be pleased to meet you.
Now I shall sink back into the shadows of bad posts and hide from the prouling eyes of the Regulars and Notables.
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