I thought my mother said something snide about Leslie, and I blew up. Again, in retrospect I know my mother simply misspoke. She didn't mean to imply that Leslie wasn't good enough for me, but that was how I took it. When I snapped at her, Dad immediately stepped in to try to calm me down. I thought he was taking Mom's side, and I yelled at him too. My dad has a bit of a temper, so that didn't go over well.
It escalated into a screaming match there in our living room, and my dad and I nearly came to blows. Even my older sister seemed to be against me, and that just made me lose it. I stormed out of the house, thinking that my family was a bunch of condescending assholes. Instead of going for a long walk and thinking clearly about everything, I just got more and more upset. Then my phone s
