They don't call it terrible-twos because it afflicts two-year olds. They call it terrible-twos because it's two decades long.
my stepfather to be exact.. on several occassions in my late teens and early 20s.. all went unanswered.. and.. tragically.. the man actually demonstrated a certain level of fear in response.. to more than half of them.. whether it was my height advantage.. or my then intense temper.. or both.. don't know.. but even more tragically.. a few of them were impelled by either inflicted harm or attempt to harm on his part.. towards my mother.. thankfully.. i moved out.. and at least on that aspect of my life.. there has been lasting and final reprieve.. for quite some time now..
I didn't think it was a challenge to FIGHT FIGHT but more like to spar and wrestle around to see who could get the best of other person. Kind of like how siblings do it.
I feel your pain. I wrote this poem about the joys of being a b*stard stepchild. Spoiler "blades of grass" Found a bad case of optimism Next to a strange feeling left lying on the ceiling doesn't seem right to impose on a child's fragile mind Imprinted with another ruse, this ego lied dormant as a seed lies in the ground but surely as the poles remain cold and untouchable the seed will rise up without remorse for past transgressions Time measures my existence like a surveyor measures blades of grass crave the ignorance of youth to come rushing back cannot crawl back in the womb now His ways were a boulder hurled from a mountain top long ago absence was the only escape the tactic of a coward makes a worthy adversary of confrontation Impossible now to stop what is already set in motion The boulder lives for its time It will lose momentum... When it hits the plane of my reason It will lose momentum. Reason formed in absence of him. Hold onto nothing. Life is a flicker in the eye of a gnat lessons perceived in the foolishness of my youth soon shall erased by the reason of ancient men Forgiveness seems irrelevant Is it not lunacy to ask someone to erase the past? Yet, just as surely as forgiveness is not afforded, bitterness will prolong sorrow and reduce life to brevity Forgiveness is mute. There is only acceptance. Accept that this glass once crushed by a boulder is now a rock beginning the ascent of its own mountain top.
Hell naw and never would I'll walk away first, I have too much respect for my pops. Now my birth father I'll beat his ass no questions ask.
When I was a teenager, I don't remember why exactly, but my dad challenged me and my cousin to a streetfight, two on one. My cousin and I thought it would be fun horseplay, and my dad didn't really offer to do that kind of stuff often, so it kind of caught us off-guard. Unfortunately, we didn't know he was being literal. He came out swinging and the fight ended in less than a minute after he punched me square on in the balls. While I was writhing in pain on the ground, he looked down at me, shrugged, and said something to the effect of, "hey, it's two on one. If the fights not fair I'm not going to fight fair." And then he walked away. It's pretty funny now, but damn was I pissed.
No, it never occurred to me. I remember as a kid, however, overhearing my father say he knew judo, from his Navy service in WWII. I laughed and said, "No way!" The next thing I knew, I was flying through the air, landing on my back with the wind knocked out of me. Dad smiled and pulled me up, asked me if I was OK. Still don't know exactly what he did, it happened so fast. He could take care of himself!
My dad just turned 70 this year (I'm 29) and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he could whip my ass with ease even to this day. No way in hell I'd ever be dumb enough to challenge my old man to a fight.
No, but my dad hit me with a right cross one time and challenged me to hit him back. I couldn't and wouldn't do it to a man I idolize. Tough love, as they say.
Rite of Passage is a damn fine Dream Theater song and I'm very much looking forward to their new album due in stores on June 23rd.
LMAO^3 I don't know which post is funnier - yours or Mr. Brightside's. I tried to give you more rep but the thing said I had to spread it out more.
The idea of fighting your dad to me seems strange. The OP thinking it is some doorway into manhood is even more strange. Fighting your dad or anyone in your family isn't something you should be aspiring to. But I guess everyone is different.
