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by KhayotiK » Thu Jul 17, 2003 3:38 am
I'm assuming your father is absent, and it's just an abusive mother? If so, give it time, and take gadoo's advice, soon enough you'll be able to match your mother in strength, and if you have to go a couple of rounds with her to let her know you're not going to be abused any more, then so be it. But I recommend not doing it if it means that she'll kick you out, or if she'll find other means of getting her point across that could be even more dangerous.
I, too, had an abusive mother and an absent father. She used to take bats, poles, whatever she could hurt me with until I was about 14 and just finished my one and only year of football, when she hit me and I punched myself harder than she did, and eventually she got the notion that I could do far more damage than she could dish out, and take it even more. The only problem with that is she started calling my dad to come and kick my ass, who could dish out more than I could take.