Yep a very sad story and if you think about, nobody needs to be treated that way. Been there myself, but my mother first gave me a hiding and then sewed my torn clothes.
Somehow it made me a very tough bugger and I soon started getting my own back, but I have learned one thing. That one guy that called me Satan's son was only showing me his vile self. Whatever he said to me, he said about himself and it had nothing to do with me, as he only needed a target to pour his black heart out. So I let it all wash over and past me and laughed at him.
You are an okay guy and whatever anyone says about you, they are in fact saying about themself.
Just my way of looking at things.
RE: The purple thread: A story from my youth