Colleen
8 Answers
mycatsmom
I'd practically redo everything. .......and differently .
| 9 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
sunnyB
I would go back to my school days, so that I could work harder than I did, and then get a decent job with a decent pension at the end of it.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
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jhharlan
terryfossil 1
Colleen, that is a banger of a question,,some people would give themselves 3 or 4 bits of advice,,me ,i think i could give myself 10 pages of advice,,but i will land a few basic and important ones,,1.learn to control anger,find a reason for life as early as possible, Start my financial future as early as possible..learn to forgive..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<....
| 9 years ago. Rating: 12 | |
lindilou
I would have advised myself to go tell my father about my mother's abuses toward me ... I could have convinced myself that he would listen to my truth and not her lies....and that he would have been aware of how much I truly needed him as an advocate. As a kid I was living in fear of imagined outcomes during a time when no-one listened to the kid's side. I was beaten by her so badly that the injuries to my skull and jaw ended up torturing me to this day. I would have sued but she would have been charged and my 5 siblings [whom she never berated or abused] would have been placed in foster care and I would have been hated by all .... you see, my father left her and I was a daddy's girl, a constant reminder to her ... of him. I left home at age 13. I moved in with my Dad at age 17.... the four years in between were like a nightmare a lot of the time.... I never ever told my father about what mother did to me ... I held that secret from him out of concern for the guilt and anger he would have felt... so you see the burden that a child carries from being abused ... yes Colleen, I would have convinced my little girl self to go to Daddy and tell on Mom.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
MCM , yes my mother was not only a bit psycho but she was also really angry about being left with 6 kids and although my dad paid HUGE child support... it did nothing to alleviate it. She has never been a drinker. I ended up lieing about my age and headed up to the tarsands and got a job cooking at a big hotel in Ft. Macmurray ... which I can say in hindsight is no place for a little girl.
Nomdeplume.... no-one regarded a child's truth when I was a kid .. if I had told anyone at school .. all h3ll would've broken loose at my mother's house. She didn't take kindly to anyone knowing our 'business' ...
nomdeplume
Bob/PKB
