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I'm gonna remember all the things my "friends" and "family" have done to hurt me
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 642345"><p>I have a very complicated relationship with my family that is even more complicated due to working in a family business. I don't want to go into details but my dad - for me - held all these self serving personalities in check so that we could and did function as an extended family while he was still alive. Since he died 7 years ago- the dynamics have changed for the worse.</p><p></p><p>As the youngest (by 8 years) I emulated their behavior somewhat. I thought that treating fire with fire or hurt with hurt or suspicion w suspicion or outbragging, outsmarting or outdoing each other was the way to deal with it or even to win.</p><p></p><p>But that's not who I am and when I acted that way, I didn't like myself very much. In fact, I was emulating the very behaviors I found so very distasteful if not downright unlovable in them</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 642345"] I have a very complicated relationship with my family that is even more complicated due to working in a family business. I don't want to go into details but my dad - for me - held all these self serving personalities in check so that we could and did function as an extended family while he was still alive. Since he died 7 years ago- the dynamics have changed for the worse. As the youngest (by 8 years) I emulated their behavior somewhat. I thought that treating fire with fire or hurt with hurt or suspicion w suspicion or outbragging, outsmarting or outdoing each other was the way to deal with it or even to win. But that's not who I am and when I acted that way, I didn't like myself very much. In fact, I was emulating the very behaviors I found so very distasteful if not downright unlovable in them [/QUOTE]
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