Comment by Kuquburra on Reader

@Reader you must not empathise with her, some people are like that.

I can though, so it's not a reach for me to comment as I have. But I think that you can't walk in her shoes unless she's physically being abused.

The father neglected that kid, the only time he gave her any attention was to condemn, belittle, scold, humiliate, blame or as you said ignore.

If I was working in that kind of environment I'd either quit or complain, but a lil kid doesn't have that option... So you might think she would love her bro who shows such love towards her, instead its the opposite. It doesn't help that he's annoying or being unhelpful, if anything he's only highlighting how shi*** her life is in comparison.

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Reader·2 years ago

@Kuquburra

I think I get even further away from empathizing with her is because of the way she treats her brother when her fathers actions aren't his fault.

I can understand the father part to a degree because of my dad but I won't go into detail because it's just going to sound like I'm trauma dumping on the internet which is weird and unnecessary on my part. But I will say that my father didn't really physically hurt me but he did verbally and emotionally abuse me, so to say I can't walk in her shoes isn't necessarily correct or incorrect I think I just process this differently compared to how the writer, you and others do.

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