Matty

Anarchist. Musician. Amateur religious scholar. Sexual. Bi. Alcoholic attempting recovery.

My family didn't mistreat or abuse me or anything like that, but they were very religious and old-fashioned, and I had basically no freedom until I left home to go to college. The only time I recall ever standing up to my father directly is when he decided I was spending too much time on the computer and banned the computer, the TV, the phone, etc. on Tuesday nights. My friends and I quickly started calling this "Amish Tuesday" and at first I just made sure I was never home on Tuesday night. That worked for a while, but eventually I ran out of places to go, and after a miserable Tuesday or two where I just went to bed as early as possible, I came home one Tuesday night and switched the TV on. My dad said, "It's Tuesday." I said, "Yes, it is," and kept watching TV. And that was that.