Tormenters

I can't stand people who like to torment others. Everyone in my family is a tormenter sometimes. Tormenting is a game, if you're the tormenter, you've won when a person gets upset and doesn't retaliate. If you're the tormented, you've won when you turn around and make the person who tormented you as mad as you are (IE: retaliation). Back and forth people go, action/reaction/ action reaction. If you have siblings you've known what this is like for your whole life. If you've gone to public school, you've known what this is like since you were a little kid. Well, this kind of shit doesn't end when you become an adult. It only changes. Random assholes will torment you if you work in customer service. Your family will find more socially acceptable methods of torment. But nothing beats a good, old fashioned like little brat spat. Little kids bother eachother until someone starts hitting the other and eventually it all ends in tears and hollering. The cycle doesn't end until someone outside the situation (usually) says " You two are being stupid! STOP IT!" Unfortunately, I think that's the only way to stop that kind of thing, with two willing participants. Otherwise, you're relying on one of the two to be the bigger person and say "I'm done with this crap."