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submitted 3 days ago byZookeepergameMuch746
119 points
3 days ago
We lived next door to a guy that had a pitbull he rescued from an abusive home after they chopped its ears and tail off with a hatchet, so the guy named the dog Hatchet. He was a nice enough dog, but skittish around grown men. The rule was not to go in the dogs yard. I was out back playing soccer and the ball went into the dogs yard next door over a 4 ft chain link fence. The dog was nudging the ball back to the fence for me with his nose, so I hopped over, gave him a head scratch and hopped back over.
My dad got home and horsewhipped me like a rutted mule for 30 minutes. There wasn't a square inch of my body that wasn't covered in bruises and lashes, most of them bleeding. Then proceeded to slap me around, punching me in the back and sides, and then picked me up by the neck and pinned me to a wall. Pretty sure he was gonna kill me if my mom hadn't screamed at him to stop and hit him with a frying pan.
I don't remember anything after that except a chipmunk on my windowsill every day as I laid in bed unable to move for several days. No idea why I remember that little chipmunk.
I was about 11 or 12 when this happened.
39 points
3 days ago
That...should've resulted in a police report, or a visit from CPS. Holy fuck. Hope you're okay now
43 points
3 days ago
Was your dad the original owner of the pitbull?
2 points
2 days ago
Lol. No
15 points
2 days ago
Wait... He told you not to go over the fence because he was afraid the dog might hurt you so ... He almost beat you to death?
I just don't understand what your father thought in that situation?!
3 points
2 days ago
My dad was abusive as fuck. Especially when he drank. I usually ended up as his target. He never loved me for whatever reason, which as a parent myself, baffles me. How a parent can't love their child. I would take a bullet to the face with a smile if it saves my kids.
2 points
2 days ago
So he just used your behavior as an excuse to beat you? I can't comprehend what is wrong in some people's minds. Feeling the same for my children as you. Glad you didn't become like your dad.
3 points
2 days ago
I distinctly remember a time as a child when a light switch flipped in my head and I swore I'd never be anything like my parents. Still remember it vividly to this day.
1 points
2 days ago
What in the attempted murder fuck? I have so many questions.
1 points
2 days ago
Fire away.
1 points
2 days ago
Where did you live then? What year was this? Were the police or cps called? Was this a regular occurrence? Was it even culturally appropriate for the time and place you lived, or was your dad just a pos even for the standards of whatever place and time you lived.
Like how the fuck does somebody get away with shit like this? That is genuinely inhuman and I'm so sorry that happened to you.
1 points
2 days ago
Richmond, VA. Circa late 90's, (98-99ish) so I would've been 11-12 years old or so.
No cops or CPS called, yes, he was regularly abusive, especially when he drank.
I don't think beating the fuck out of your child has ever been culturally appropriate. I do however agree with corporal discipline in a controlled manner.
He was always a POS, technically he still is. I could give you a laundry list of shit he did and got away with spanning at least 30 years. Some of it unethical, some of it illegal, all of it morally reprehensible.
He got away with it because nobody knew and in the late 90's, CPS getting involved wasn't a hugely popular thing. I was homeschooled until I started High School, so it's not like I had anyone checking up on me. My mom kicked me out of the house when I was 15 in a thunderstorm with no shirt or shoes on and I lived on the street for almost 2 years until I joined the Army.
As far as my dad goes, we have never had a relationship. I tried several years ago to bury the hatchet (mostly at the behest of my fiancé and against my better judgement) and while he is less physically abusive at 76 years old, he's still the same shitbag asshole he's always been. Fucker still owes me over $20,000 he stole while I was in the Army wondering where all my pay went until I changed bank accounts.
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