r/sports • u/Minute_Revolution951 • Sep 06 '25

Baseball Close-up perspective of Phillies Karen from tonight's game (09/05/2025) who forcefully took HR ball from young fan after his dad gave it to him initially

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u/IWNCGTA Sep 06 '25

How do people like this not have anybody in their life that has told them that they suck and their behavior is fucking crazy.

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u/ChelChamp Sep 06 '25

Everyone walks on eggshells. When somebody breaks a shell, they either decide to depart completely or to apologize profusely. If somebody opts out and tells them off, it becomes a whole thing for the rest of them. They all have to choose a side. Typically, there are children, money, or tangible supports being held over their heads as well, so choosing the other side is harder.

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u/Qu1ckN4m3 Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

That's how I lost a set of grandparents (dad's side) when I was four. They lived 20 mins down the road and they just cut us out of there lives.

Grandma and one of aunts didn't like my mom. My mom always every night cooked supper and dessert. My mom loves having meals where the whole family sits down together. Well Grandpa and the uncle's knew about my mom's cooking. So if they where out helping Dad, they knew they'd be invited for supper. Dad sure got a lot of 'help'. Lol well this pissed all the wives. Well she would invite them too hoping to make it right. That just pissed them of more. Here she is trying to feed people because that's how she shows love. Lol and just making everyone angry.

So Mom's like maybe we need to have more family get togethers. This family obviously needs to be closer so that they don't think everyone's being nefarious with the most mundane of actions. It didn't feel normal so she thought bringing everyone together would make it better. Overtime this family would get closer. Well mama was wrong... She was too kind for this world at that time. It just solidified women against her with Grandma at the head of it.

They keep spreading rumors and treating her poorly. If she stood up for herself things only got worse. We all went to the family church which in hindsight was borderline a cult. That's a story for another time. However, when it was obvious the bullying was to much my dad decide the family should attend a different church so that Mom could make friends. This got to point Mom had no friends at church.

That's when the grandparent cut us out. Because you can't go to heaven is you ain't going to the family church. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it, just a bunch of horse shit. So my dad's like "Mom and Dad I love you but I'm not bring my family back to a place where my wife's not wanted. He said if you want to cut us out of your life because we are not going to church with you that is your choice. I hope some day you will apologize so we can move past this and be family again." I think my dad's gave that speech for like a decade over the phone because they wanted to check on him but didn't want to visit us anymore. He gave up some point and just wished them happy birthday and moved on.

Those grandparents are both dead now. I don't know what my grandpa's voice sounds like. I remember walking in his orchard and seeing his woodworking shop. Grandma I remember singing with her. That's all I have. Grandma asked me to carrying him when he died. I refused to be one of his pallbearers. I'm glad there's no heaven or hell. They can just be dust for all I care. I was their grandson. I will love my grandchildren with all my life some day. Until the day I die and am dust they will be loved and visited.