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ITT: childhood animal fuckups
>be me
>be dumbass 9 year old
>dad comes home from work with pet gerbils in a bid to buy our affection away from soon to be devorced mother
>excited
>enjoy them and things go pretty smooth for a few months, dad does a good job showing us how to take care of them. really love the little dudes
>ffw to a weekend afternoon where I spend a good portion of the day spinning around and getting dizzy for fun with younger brother
>idea
>"i love to spin and get dizzy so the gerbils would probably also like it"
>start by pretty harmlessly spinnging while holding the gerbil to my chest
"he loves it"
he would probably like to spin even faster right?
>raid dad's sock drawer for one of his big white boomer tube socks
>load gerbil into sock
>start carefully spinning it above my head, periodically stopping to check on the guy
>being a dumbass kid I take it's frantic breathing for joyus excitement
>start flailing the sock over my head like a pissed off 14th century knight with a mace
>lose track of spatial awareness
>nail little brother in face with gerbal mace
>brother crying
>start to panic
>check on gerbil
>one eye popped out, blood everywhere, dead as fuck
>panic more and drop the sock
>throw up on carpet and sock, start crying and screaming
>parents burst into the room to see what the fuck is happening
>mom goes full psycho ape mode and starts beating our asses
>dad has to pull her off
>she assaults dad with a bedside lamp
>cops called
>dad gets arrested for assault because male *(charges eventually dropped)
>spend the next 10 years living with BPD mom
oops.
>be me
>be dumbass 9 year old
>dad comes home from work with pet gerbils in a bid to buy our affection away from soon to be devorced mother
>excited
>enjoy them and things go pretty smooth for a few months, dad does a good job showing us how to take care of them. really love the little dudes
>ffw to a weekend afternoon where I spend a good portion of the day spinning around and getting dizzy for fun with younger brother
>idea
>"i love to spin and get dizzy so the gerbils would probably also like it"
>start by pretty harmlessly spinnging while holding the gerbil to my chest
"he loves it"
he would probably like to spin even faster right?
>raid dad's sock drawer for one of his big white boomer tube socks
>load gerbil into sock
>start carefully spinning it above my head, periodically stopping to check on the guy
>being a dumbass kid I take it's frantic breathing for joyus excitement
>start flailing the sock over my head like a pissed off 14th century knight with a mace
>lose track of spatial awareness
>nail little brother in face with gerbal mace
>brother crying
>start to panic
>check on gerbil
>one eye popped out, blood everywhere, dead as fuck
>panic more and drop the sock
>throw up on carpet and sock, start crying and screaming
>parents burst into the room to see what the fuck is happening
>mom goes full psycho ape mode and starts beating our asses
>dad has to pull her off
>she assaults dad with a bedside lamp
>cops called
>dad gets arrested for assault because male *(charges eventually dropped)
>spend the next 10 years living with BPD mom
oops.
