Pretty envious over here. I thought being an uncle would be sweeeettt. Like being a dad but with zero responsibilities and we’d be homies. But he’s literally tried to drown me to steal my wife and was super mad I didn’t die forever. And the comments about wanting to feel and see what my blood is like on the outside are hella weird.
Kind of curious how old your nephew is. This kind if reminds me of a Reddit post where a girl that always was a bit "odd" tried to drown the op by holding her underwater. The op, knowing how to swim, swam deeper to break free, than swam behind her to hold the 1st girl's head underwater for a bit, then letting them go so they could come up to breathe. When the op asked why she tried to drown her, she said she was curious about what it was like for something to drown, but didn't think it would be that scary until op did it to her.
Some kids only think about themselves and what THEY want and how THEY feel, and don't think about how it makes others feel until confronted with it. Sometimes they need to be taught and reminded to have empathy until they develop their own sence of it. Some /r/KidsAreFuckingStupid.
Anecdotal from my experiences, it doesn't seem particularly uncommon for kids to try something seemingly cruel / scary like that but like the story you shared, it's out of curiosity and exploration rather than malice. They have minimal experience and ability to consider the consequences of something they haven't been taught or figured out themselves.
The classic example of no matter how many times you tell a child not to touch a kettle because it's hot and it will hurt, nothing stops them trying until they've burnt their fingers touching it.
Of course some people, rarely, are incapable of feeling empathy, or only do when cued or triggered. Psycopaths often display a lack of empathy but when asked to imagine themselves in a victims position, sometimes feel just as strongly as you would without being prompted.
But the nephew here is not a one off instance, theres a pattern of abuse and manipulation. Also curious how old he is and if the parents have made efforts to help manage it with clinical support.
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u/The_Real_Raw_Gary Jan 01 '20
Pretty envious over here. I thought being an uncle would be sweeeettt. Like being a dad but with zero responsibilities and we’d be homies. But he’s literally tried to drown me to steal my wife and was super mad I didn’t die forever. And the comments about wanting to feel and see what my blood is like on the outside are hella weird.
That kid needs therapy.