The ex has spoken out in the past about my neighborhood and how I deal with things. She says I make myself and my daughter targets.
I take the opposite view. I know the environment extremely well, having grown up in a neighborhood full of bullies and so forth. These are the kind of people who will continue pushing until you stand up to them. In each case where I have stood up to people who confronted me here, their behavior continued to be threatening until I faced them down. Some of my neighbors think I'm completely crazy (but that's what I want those certain people to think). In all cases, they do not try to walk on me for long.
The honest truth is that the past few years have been the least violent and most peaceful in my life. Only a very few confrontations which I ended in short order. No violence beyond kids throwing rocks at my daughter, which stopped when I threatened the whole family (the father and grandmother because they defended the behavior instead of stopping it). My home has no arguments and no fights going on.
Came to this realization the other day. This is one of the main reasons I remain alone.
I came to the absolute decision that the next person who makes an attempt to bring violence back into my life, physical or emotional, will meet with an overstated response designed to insure they will never do so again. Not just to me but to anyone. I've had enough of violence in my life. I will never tolerate it again. What does that statement mean? It means whatever is necessary in the context of the situation. I place no limits on my actions. My past is populated with people who were mentally sane but emotionally destructive and often physically violent. I make no more excuses for them.
I take the opposite view. I know the environment extremely well, having grown up in a neighborhood full of bullies and so forth. These are the kind of people who will continue pushing until you stand up to them. In each case where I have stood up to people who confronted me here, their behavior continued to be threatening until I faced them down. Some of my neighbors think I'm completely crazy (but that's what I want those certain people to think). In all cases, they do not try to walk on me for long.
The honest truth is that the past few years have been the least violent and most peaceful in my life. Only a very few confrontations which I ended in short order. No violence beyond kids throwing rocks at my daughter, which stopped when I threatened the whole family (the father and grandmother because they defended the behavior instead of stopping it). My home has no arguments and no fights going on.
Came to this realization the other day. This is one of the main reasons I remain alone.
I came to the absolute decision that the next person who makes an attempt to bring violence back into my life, physical or emotional, will meet with an overstated response designed to insure they will never do so again. Not just to me but to anyone. I've had enough of violence in my life. I will never tolerate it again. What does that statement mean? It means whatever is necessary in the context of the situation. I place no limits on my actions. My past is populated with people who were mentally sane but emotionally destructive and often physically violent. I make no more excuses for them.
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