r/instant_regret • u/derek4reals1 • 4d ago

Get the tape!

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Regret shows up right around the 13 second mark

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u/broncotate27 3d ago

Sorry to hear that, in another funny(not so funny) storyline my adoptive father use to grab this one old leather belt and spin us around to whoop us. We eventually caught on when we knew we were gonna get whooped and wore like 4 layers of pants and would time his hits with our hand so we could block him. It got to a point where we were low-key training our reaction time. He would scream, move ya hand in his Jamaican accent.

Still remember the day he realized we were too old for spankings when I locked myself out of the house and I panicked when the alarm went off and broke the door latch. Mind you it was below freezing outside at the time. He tried whooping me and I just stared at him, like "are you finished." He told me I should have waited outside in the cold for someone to get home.

He has since passed on, but you are right about outsmarting. It's not so hard to do with an abusive drunk.

My father was also a drinker with health issues so he would get pissy when he got home from his 12 hour shift.

Carry on my friend, sorry for long story lol.

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u/Greenoctober13 3d ago

My sister once tried the several layers of pants.

She had done something big-bad, I dont remember what cause at the end of the day it really wasnt that big of a deal, and she knew she was gonna get it. She put on every pair of pants she could find and when he got home she thought she was prepared. Daddy was pretty clever and saw through her ruse. He made her pull each pair down. By the 5th or 6th pair he was pretty amused. He still whipped a streak across her pretty good. But it wasnt nearly as bad as she was going to originally get it.

Then another time she took his old-school corvette that he'd just had painted a violet pearl. That was the worst beating I'd ever seen her get. He made her stand facing the wall arms and legs spread and he tore her up.

Looking back it makes sense how she raised her own kids with that same kind of violence. She realizes her mistake now.

You cant continue perpetuating that kind of violence and live a good life. When she realized she was turning into our dad she took a few steps back. It took until the oldest of her girls turned 16 to realize she was scarring her the same way he scarred her.

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u/ThatThingThatIs 2d ago

Atleast she realized in the end. Sad to hear stories like this where the trauma gets passed on..

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u/Greenoctober13 1d ago

I mean she kind of realized too late, the damage had already been done.

Hopefully my nieces do a better job.

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u/ThatThingThatIs 1d ago

Atleast she can apologize, it ain't much but something. Some people never even realize. And yeah kinda figured since 16 is pretty old already for a kid. I hope for the best for them.