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Welcome to R slash oh no consequences, where OP discovers the incredibly stupid reason why she

had to endure a lifetime of abuse.

Our next Reddit post is from Throwway.

For whatever reason, my parents didn't want me.

Once they had my brother, Adam, I was pretty much ignored.

They didn't abuse me, but I was pretty neglected.

Let me just jump in here real quick and say that neglect is abuse.

Everything was about Adam and how smart he was or how athletic he was or how he was just the

best thing since sliced bread.

Then there's me, a pretty average kid who got decent grades, didn't play sports, wasn't super

popular, and liked to read books.

I can't tell you how many times I heard,

why can't you be more like Adam? What made me cut off my family was when they didn't attend my high

school graduation. Adam had gotten hurt that morning, a sprained ankle, I was eventually told. And our

parents rushed him to the emergency room because he swore up and down that he broke his

leg. I only got one text from my mom telling me they would make it up to me with a dinner to some

family restaurant that I mildly enjoyed. I was done after that. I had been used to being neglected

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