I remember way back in 1966 (I was in junior high 8th grade).....I had determined I would stop fighting with my parents & just blow off their stupid remarks. It went well for a few days. I can still see the vision our in our front yard. My dad said something really stupid & critical. I snapped back & remember thinking "if this is how you want it.....screw it....I am NOT going to just sit back & take it" Never thought about NOT fighting with them again after that day.

Sometimes we have to tolerate situations until we can get ourselves out. You can't force people around you to be something they aren't. That means we have to find other sources of happiness & write them off as just being there until we don't have to be around them any longer. It was 8 years until I was able to leave my parents home after that....then ended up in a marriage that wasn't any better than the environment I grew up in. I now live alone 2100 miles from all that & have never been happier.....lol....I an now 65 years old. Long process to find myself