11-14-2016, 08:53 PM
(11-14-2016, 08:33 PM)Dutchman610 Wrote: I believe sometimes you need to burn a bridge to stop further attacks. I did something close to what you did with your family Shannon. I always like to focus on the positive, and it's there if you're looking for it.
Ultimately, in life, when people push too hard you can either give them what they want, or you can give them what they are asking for. In this case, they got what they were asking for, and while they're not necessarily aware of the cost yet, eventually they will be. And when they are, there will be a debt to repay for the treatment I have been given. I'm not vengeful and I'm not holding a grudge, but I will not stand for being manipulated and mistreated from anyone. And there are only so many times you can respond to that sort of crap with trying to be neutral and polite for the sake of family cohesion, when the party in question never wanted "family cohesion" in the first place.
I'm just hoping that some of them are a little more intelligent and capable of rational thinking than others. Because if the only effort that is made to rebuild this bridge is supposed to come from me, they're shit out of luck at this point. I'm done trying to be friendly in the face of insults, unprovoked attacks and G/S/F bullshit tactics designed to manipulate me. The gloves have come off, and there's no pulling punches anymore. I'm going to keep it real at any cost, now. They'll just have to deal with it.
And, if they want to rebuild the bridge that just burned, they had better damned well not come back only because someone told them I became a millionaire - because at that point, I'll give them what they originally wanted, tell them they blew it and traded in being in the good graces of their rich cousin for that, laugh at them for being morons, and then tell them to fuck off and get out of my life.
But... if some of them are more intelligent and rational thinking, and they try to build that bridge with me for the right reasons, and make a continuous effort instead of expecting me to do all the work... that may just be worth working with. I guess we shall see. At least I know the truth now.
I have no patience for bullshit anymore. Especially the kind I have received for the last few years from this branch.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!