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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much imagined “abuse” reimagined these days, with the help of social media. It’s such an effective conversation ender !! (Hey Emily, why don’t you ever see your - - -  Just stop right there, Caitlin. I cut off my ____ because s/he ABUSED ME!!!!!   Caitlin: oh.)

And the possibilities are endless when absolutely everything now qualifies as “abuse” and its running buddy, “violence.”[/quote]

If I beat my elderly parents with a belt, that would be elder abuse and I could be charged and go to jail.

If I didn’t like what my elderly parents had to say and washed their mouth out with soap while making them watch in the mirror, that would be elder abuse and I could be charged and go to jail.

So yes, I was abused. I was subjected to violence. And if you think beating children with a belt and choking them with soap is OK, eff right off and I hope your family abandons you, one by one. [/quote]

Love this.

You can roll your eyes at people talking about abuse or trauma from their childhood, but the truth is that if I treated my parents now the way they treated me as a child, I could be arrested. That is reason enough not to want to spend Christmas with them.

I also just have a general suspicion of people who are quick to claim that other people's childhood experiences weren't "that bad" or "that's not abuse/that's not traumatic." You weren't there, how would you know? Usually when people are dismissive about this, it's because their own kids have raised issues with them and they don't like it, so they are dismissive of others without knowing details. Don't put your crap on other people. If a person decides they don't want to spend Christmas with *their* parents, why do you care one way or another? Why should they have to prove to you that they belong in the category of people who are allowed to do this? It's none of your business.

How about this OP: Yes, you are a jerk if you go around judging other people's private family decisions on how to celebrate holidays when it has nothing at all to do with you.[/quote]

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