#because the vermin can't be walking around the earth doing more unspeakable harm

[medicinemane]

You know, I was going to start this differently, but I'll open with that I really appreciate good parents

They don't have to be perfect, but the parents and guardians and people raising kids who really try to do what's right for them, those people are so great and important and do such an important thing in this world

On the other hand there are way too many parents who treat their kids like a possession to be molded into what the parents want. Nothing is ever good enough, they can have the perfect kid who doesn't do drugs or drink or anything at all and they'll act like they're raising a monster

You'd think I was taking about one specific set of parents, and I kind of am but actually I can instantly think of 5 parents like that. It takes me a minute to even remember which friends they belong to, but I instantly know 5 sets of ungrateful parents who don't realize that they lucked out. All they choose to see is mistakes and flaws when they have a fantastic kid

So I love the good parents who really try to support this little human they know is unique and not just an object or a tiny version of them, because... incense me, fill me even beyond anger with a sorrow that... that they could fail the people who depend on them so badly, that they could be so selfish that they put their own needs before the child they're supposed to protect

It bothers me, it bothers me how many bad parents I can think of where I can point to concrete examples of their bad behaviour and I'm only getting a small sample. I just... I don't have enough time or words so I'll leave it at the fact that I'm just filled with profound sorrow at the whole situation

So thank you to the good parents, and even just the decent ones. To those of you who had say... particularly controlling parents, or ones where nothing was ever good enough, or any and everything else... I'm sorry. You didn't deserve that

This is for some specific people, but even if I don't know your situation and it applies... it's for you too

#not sure that incensed in terms of anger is also spelled like that but that's what i found looking it up so... there we go #most of these parents i wish i could give a stern talking to and find a way to get through their thick skulls #but there's one i would like to with no hyperbole beat to death if he wasn't already dead to my knowledge #none of you know who it is and... the reasons were told in confidence so i won't be sharing any details #but never having met that man i can say he was one of the worst monsters I've ever directly known of #i truly can't convey just how awful that beast was without breaking the trust of someone who... #unfortunately i don't think considers me a friend anymore #but i could never be mad at them for that because i get just how much anger and pain that vermin caused them #and just... that wasn't even all of it #it's not fair what they went through #a lot of my friends i don't think what they've been through or are going through is right and i wish i could change it and maybe will someda #but this one friend... it shouldn't be possible to have that much bad happen #the least fate could have done is spare... well... not my place to talk about #they... they asked me to be their son's godfather at one point you know but... things change... not always for the better #this wasn't about them when i wrote this #it was about a number of friends or people i like and one of them in particular #i hadn't even thought about this person in a long time #but their father certainly was one of the worst to ever exist and i hope I'm remembering right that he's dead #because the vermin can't be walking around the earth doing more unspeakable harm