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[abrightboy]

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[cactusy]

Yeah? Too bad you can't tell my mom that; she wasn't thrilled. Her thing was using your words.

I was never popular either, but bullies always got sick of me pretty quick.

[abrightboy]

Using my words is how I get by now. Back then, I didn’t know how. And I wouldn’t fight. So I just got my ass kicked a lot.

[cactusy]

You wouldn't fight because of-- you know, that thing you talked about?

[abrightboy]

Everyone was watching me, looking for something to point to that proved I was like my father. The kids that beat me up called me ‘Psycho’; that was my nickname.

[cactusy]

Can I ask you a personal question?

[abrightboy]

…Sure.

[cactusy]

You tell people your whole history at the drop of a hat - your dad, your childhood, everything. That because having people find out is worse than having them know from the get-go?

[abrightboy]

I’ve gone back and forth on it. In some ways, I thought… better to let them get to know me first, so when they find out, it doesn’t define me for them. But… I’ve discovered that if they find out later, they see it as a sort of betrayal or deception. Like I was hiding something from them that would have changed everything if they knew. It’s easier when they decide not to be my friend from the start than when they find out and quit. So. Yes.