Cordelia » Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:05 pm wrote:Nordic » Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:41 pm wrote:Wow ... This brings back memories ... Some of them rather shameful. I've become such a nicer person over the decades ....
One that I got in trouble for. When I was in Jr high and my big sister was in high school we lived in a small town in the upper Midwest where my parents had bought a spooky old Victorian house. My sister was given the biggest upstairs bedroom which had a couple of dark, walk-in closets. One time I decided to scare the hell out of her and hid in one of the closets. I waited patiently, a very long time, for her to come into the room and finally approach the closet and open the door. I leaped out at her screaming and she nearly had a nervous breakdown. Shrieks, sobs, total terror. It was much worse than anything I had intended. I got in trouble for that one.
That house was spooky as fuck. One night while my parents were gone to some party and my sister was out with friends I tried to put myself to bed. While I was lying there I saw my own walk-in closet door suddenly open all the way up. I was terrified and literally paralyzed with fear.
I know what you mean; I think I had a borderline bully personality disorder as a teenager. Not good.
Now I'm very conscious of people's feelings.
I was never a bully. In any way. But I was clueless and sometimes thought things would be "funny" that would end up hurting people's feelings. Kind of awful to think of them.
On a lighter note, once in Wisconsin, after a big snowfall three of us decided to throw snowballs at passing cars. Most of them just stopped and moved on, and we'd laugh. But then one guy slams on his brakes, gets out of his car, and starts yelling at us. We looked him over and he demanded we get in his car!! He was very forceful and commanding and intimidating. We looked at each other and suddenly had the same idea -- to run like hell. He didn't chase after us. I always wondered -- were there kids who would have been intimidated into getting into his car? What would have happened to them?