doushenka Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Someone brought up to me yesterday that I had misplaced the blame in an incident between two of my friends, and I think I've begun unpacking why it hits home so much. The friend I should be blaming -- the WS in the conflict -- was someone I always thought could do no wrong. He was honorable. He was a good dad. He listened when people needed advice. He actually stopped to help me mop up my tears once, when I was on the verge of a breakdown. He was more of a good male role model to me than my own father, who cheated on my mom and is only employed when the moon is in the seventh house. Now the man I thought was so awesome has turned out to be secretly a lot like my dad. Yeah, there's a wiring issue involved, but he could've gone to counseling first, no matter how confused he was. He could've done the right thing. His kids are going to face the same things I did about my dad. Who puts their family through that for any reason? Thank goodness they're too young to understand it right now. I wasn't. I wish I had been.
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