QUOTE(The Taped Crusader @ Apr 8 2007, 11:41 PM)

Why could she get away with beating you before that? O_o
First of all, sorry...didn't mean to turn this topic into an 'lol my mom hit me' topic.
She got away with it when I was younger because I was like...young. And I was scared. And she was so nice around other people, that when I told someone, they didn't believe me. She got away with it when I was older because when I screamed and the neighbors called the cops (which happened more than once), she would smile, invite them in, etc., and they would just pat me on the head and tell me my mother had the right to discipline me (even though you could tell she had gone waaaay past the discipline line) and then when I was 18 I could move out and do what I want. She and they both acted like I was just some crazy teen that needed to be roped down with a spanking. And when I told them she was doing far worse than just slapping me or something, they didn't believe me. They told me not to exaggerate. I thought that even if they got a claim, they were supposed to investigate it. And that's one of two reasons I hate cops in Hemet.

I probably would have had better results if I had told someone at school or called someone higher than just the fuzz, but I never thought clearly, and I figured that if police couldn't/wouldn't help me, then I'd get help from no one.