Childhood

I'm laughing cuz my mother has always claimed that before she kicked my Dad out we weren't really poor, that he was just a completely cheap prick who wouldn't let her spend any of his money.

 

I think what he means is that you can have fun, be silly, do what you really feel like doing. this in a sense is like having the happy childhood that you might not have had when you were younger

 

My childhood was really uneventful until my sister decided to kill herself.

 

^ sorry that this happened. that's horrible. very difficult for family when this happens

 

Awww, that is sad and bad as well. I can well understand that you had gone through very tough times. I am similar to you in the sense that we were also not very well off while I was in my childhood but I was not shy at all. Perhaps the reason behind it was that I was extremely good in studies and that always gave me loads of confidence. I never let anyone pounce on me with his/her remarks/opinions about me and/or my family. But I know this sort if situation is quite complicated at times especially when you are in that fragile phase of childhood and don't understand the pitiless world around you.

 

I had a happy early childhood (first 10 years or so0 but a pretty miserable time after that.

Would I like to be able to go back? Ha ha ... yeah. To be able to re-live the years 6 - 9 would be great, just so long as I didn't have to re-live what went after, too.

 

I had a very lonely childhood. My siblings were much older than me :sad:

 

Will you be comfortable in sharing regarding what actually happened after those initial 10 years of your childhood? Why was that time period so much miserable for you?

 

How many siblings had you? And how old were they when you were still a child? This was almost the same situation with me as I had 3 elder siblings and had much age difference between us.

 

I played outside all the time with all the children in the neighbourhood. Only ever in for meals and bed. I don't know if it was good or bad it's what we did. No emotional hangups about it at all. It's how it was then. Free as birds! The whole countryside was our playground. It was pretty shit though when your parents had to take the scrubbing brush to you to try and remove the tar or when the smell of smoke was so strong that there was no entry into the house without stripping first in the front porch

 

You know something, you had the ideal childhood, just ideal childhood. You are a lucky individual that you have such an ideal childhood. I always wished for such a childhood but never had that.

 

Mine was really mixed, I think my early teens (12-15) messed me up the most.

Growing up was weird, I didnt really understand it, my mum was depressed and has bi polar so it was very odd trying to form a real relationship with her. She spent most of the day asleep on the sofa, we rarely went out and my sister and I kind of fended for ourselves until our dad got home, he was great, done everything from parenting to housework as well as working an 8-6 job 5 days a week. My grandma died in my house on new years eve which was pretty traumatic.

Early teens were... Just crazy. 12 years old, got into smoking, drinking and drugs. 14 years old, virginity was stolen. 15 years old, i had mental health analysis people surrounding me constantly trying to find reasons for my bad behavoiur, almost expelled from school, mum left my dad after 18 years of marriage and told him that she had not been happy for over 10 of those and that she didnt want to live with me and my sister.. which was during my exams at school.. after she left, any kind of bond we had was kind of gone, she resented me because I ruined her life.

 

OMG, there were quite a few serious issues in your childhood. I am really feeling for you.

 

:cheers2: you and me both, pal!

 

It wasnt all bad, but i missed out many things there too, I was harshly bullied all throughout school aswell, physical and emotional.

The good times tend to shine through brighter though because thats what i prefer remembering.. a memory inparticular makes me laugh everytime I think back to it

 

My bro is 17 years older than me an my sis is 7 years older than me. We all get on well now though. I am the youngest. Overallchildhood was fine and I was well cared for, but my mum dies when i was 11. None of my parents were into the hippy movement. Where yours?

 

That is nice to hear. That is rather very nice to hear. I mean, if you are able to do this and cherish your good memories, there is nothing better than that.

 

Ahhh, what is sad to hear is that your mom passed away when you were just 11 years of age. I have 3 elder siblings, two sisters and a brother. The eldest brother is 13 years older than me and then the two sisters are 11 and 10 years older than me, respectively.