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Agree. This would also explain why he calls Khat “mom”. She subconsciously fulfills that need for parental/motherly attention in him which is, needless to say, an EXTREMELY fucked up relationship.Considering how disdainful he was over his parents not getting him the wolverine toy and how badly he later changed that story when he justifiably was mocked for his tantrum over it to make his parents seem less like assholes (But still assholes) from his perspective I wouldn't doubt Melissa took something from him, and seeing the later two comments posted confirms this.
Phil has a very severe case of parental attention and seems to be under the belief that as his parents only biological child, he is/was deserving of all their attention. He shit talks every relation of his with stories like they were druggies/ran with bad crowds and I suspect that is because at various events these cousins and various other relations stole Mommy and Daddy dearests attention away from him, thus he feels the need to talk shit about how some cousin of his died in Mexico or other random bullshit that is probably about as true as Chris-Chan's long list of ancestors. Phil is almost certainly somewhere on the spectrum and either knows it and won't tell because he thinks he will get laughed at or has never been aware/was diagnosed but his extreme narcissism denies the truth. The guy genuinely might've been looking for a woman to be his replacement mommy who will provide him all the attention he needs and might be part of his aversion to having any children of his own, as his mom-wife will now be giving attention to their children and not pouring it all onto a grown ass man going into his 40s.
It also goes a good way towards explaining DSPs weird asexuality. (Along with low testosterone.) He isn’t gay, but has problems seeing women/relating to women as anything but a motherly figure. (And nobody wants to fuck their mom unless their Chris-Chan or Derich.
Something went very wrong in DSP’s childhood and I would probably blame Phil and undiagnosed autism (and possibly personality disorders) rather than
his parents who somehow did an alright job with Melissa.
I love my pets and they’re absolutely PART of the family. But they’re NOT family, if you know what I mean.I could apply this thought to all people who treat pets as replacement children in general. I personally find people treating their pets as that distasteful, nothing wrong with treating a dog or cat like family, but there is a lot wrong with tucking them in bed at night and some of the weird shit those types do.
Treating pets as replacement children isn’t just weird and creepy, it’s also an unintentional form of animal abuse. Dogs need to be treated as dogs, or you confuse the fuck out of them and cause them needless stress. (For example: Studies have shown that not knowing it’s place in a hierarchy, is MORE STRESSFUL for a dog than being at the bottom of that hierarchy).
The same goes for cats (recent research shows that cats are absolutely social animals with social structures) but which are more wild and less inbred than dogs are.
Phil is (almost) 40 and has deep seated issues which would take years of therapy to change.Phil, if you are reading this, seriously seek help. It will be hard for you to admit and and I know you live in the now but a little therapy with an actual therapist will do you some good.
The best and most realistic thing, would probably be for Phil to get his very overdue autism diagnosis and some help/coping tools.
I’d reckon it would be a real “AHA!” Moment for him, which all by itself would give him some answers, take a load off and maybe even make him less likely to use his current coping mechanisms: Addictions, being an asshole, narcissism, etc.
Of course it’s also extremely unlikely to happen barring some kind of extreme event in his life.
(We’re talking an LSD trip, near death experience, getting his life thrown upside down through homelessness or an arrest. Some serious shit in other words.)
It’s hard to pinpoint whether Phil has narcissistic personality disorder, or whether his narcissism is a coping tool he developed to deal with his autism.
But it’s there, and it’s a major roadblock in the way for him. Getting therapy means admitting that you’re not perfect.
Which is an admission Phil has invested enormous resources in avoiding.
What a... Weird tradition.Yeah, from when I went looking the only times I recall Phil mentioning Melissa, besides talking shit about her bio-parents, is he will mention video games that she had that he didn't have.
Like he talks about how she had a Gameboy and he didn't during some autismo manifesto he's delivering about his entire personal history with the Pokémon franchise.
Another time he was explaining how he got his own personal Christmas tree for his room every year that he got to decorate however he wanted, and mentioned how she also got her own personal Christmas tree for her room, and his mom would decorate the one in the living room however she wanted. Of course Dave doesn't get mentioned at all in this story where he has to buy 3 fucking Christmas trees every year for his family.
Phil only seems to mention Melissa in the context of material possessions she had. I assume little Philliam thought all the things his parents bought for her is money they would have spent on him if they hadn't adopted her.
A Christmas tree is usually something that unites the family, no? You put it up in the most meaningful place in the house, you decorate it together. You put your presents for everyone under it.
I might be taking this thing out of context or making too big of a deal of it, who knows. But it’s pretty fucking weird, and kind of sad.
They couldn’t even come together under a Christmas tree? Wowza.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it started because little autist Phil threw a shitfit after Melissa moved in, and they were told to decorate the tree together.?HE always decorated the tree! He! REEEE!
Why do it with Melissa? CHANGE IS BAAAAAD!!!
And Phil’s well meaning parents (who like most parents then knew fuck all about autism or assburgers) didn’t stop to think “Gee, that’s an unusually strong reaction over such a minor change!” But instead got everyone a Christmas tree.
And a great opportunity to get little Philliam to see a therapist was lost.
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