But I don't say anything) I continue to cry, and Matt (my step dad) joins in on a hug. I feel a bit better, but I'm still sobbing. They thought I was crying because I really wanted my hair like that.
I run upstairs, and my step dad follows. I try to make it to my room, but he catches me. He hugs me, and explains why he was backing up my mom like that. He didn't want me to make a mistake like that, and end up regretting it. I hug him back crying. He leaves me alone with my mom.
I explain why I'm crying. I'm crying because I can't tell my dad anything. It's so hard. She understands, and hugs me. I'm sobbing hard.
We sit down, and I talk to her. I tell her he always makes me feel so guilty about anything I do. He always makes me feel bad about myself. She tells me how important I am, and how he's just putting his pain onto other people. I continue explaining and sobbing for the next hour.
So, here's some backstory. My mom and dad split up about 3-4 years ago. I had a really hard time coping with the custody, so I told my mom. (We were going for a week at my dad's, and a week at my mom's. I didn't want to be at my dad's for a whole week at a time.) I start noticing him doing unusual things with his friends. It made my head hurt bad. I go inside. He's out there with his friends smoking and drinking. I don't say a word.
My mom gets a lawyer, and about a month later we start a case court case. I never told my dad how I felt about the situation. I knew he was abusive and had a very short temper. (He used to hit my mom, and he even pushed her down when she was pregnant with me.) I never talked to my dad much. I was afraid he would make a smart remark and I would get even more worried.
One time, he called the cops on my mom for taking us home on 'his day' at my SOFTBALL GAME. (He made me continue playing that too. Another guilt trip.) We went home with my mom thankfully.
Ever since the court case, which thankfully we won, after so many remarks, and so many attacks, I've had the HARDEST time talking to him. I never express my feelings on my outfit, I never talk to him about my periods, of anything like that. And I especially don't tell him no when it comes to liking something. That's the hardest.