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[hckynut]

Do you know any real-life Jekyll and Hyde types?

Yes, met many of them during my lifetime. Used to run with a guy when I was in my young to mid 20's that was exactly this in real life. I remember one night we were at our regular pub and a few of us wanted to go "hunting for ahem". He was driving and my car was parked at the pub's lot.

Anyways this guy starts driving like a nut and this is not how he drives when completely unintoxicated. As soon as I realized he had turned into the "bad side", which he didn't even resemble when I decided to get in his car with him. The first time he stopped at a red light I got out of the car and told him "see ya". I walked over 2 miles back to my car at the pub and that was the last time I ever got into a car that he was driving, at any time of the day or night.

Other stories I could tell about many others in the myriad of house and barn parties I frequented during my younger days, but some of them are just to brutal and ugly for me to want to even mention them on this forum that is predominantly visited by the better fair gender.

[Lipstickdiva]

On 5/28/2014 birddrops said:

On 5/28/2014 LipstickDiva said:

I don't know that I would say she has a Jekyll and Hyde personality but I know someone who is a complete raving, lunatic nut at a certain time every month. The woman seriously needs medication. She recently drove her best friend of nearly 40 years away. Her BFF said she's put up with this woman's hormonal fluctuations for almost 40 years and she's had it!

There's help for that lol.

Yeah but unfortunately this woman doesn't think she's doing anything wrong. At least if she'd apologize for some of what she says, that would be a start.

[viva923]

Yes, this is what I grew up with (my dad).

[Emma bunting]

On 5/28/2014 esmerelda said:

On 5/28/2014 brii said:

In real life, no.

In board life, yes.

Exactly what I was going to say!

I actually said the same thing.....but somebody obviously recognized herself.......as it has mysteriously disappeared......

[kdgn]

I knew a guy in college who was the nicest person-until he drank. After a few drinks he turned into a mean drunk. I often wondered if the niceness was a cover, hiding the mean person he was or if drinking just brought out the worst in him. Others that I knew just seemed to have their personality intensify-a happy drunk, sad and weepy drunk, meaner than usual drunk.

Remember, this was college and the first real taste of freedom for a lot of us. But I watched this pattern over the course of 4 years and it didn't seem to change.

I know one person now who I refuse to be around if he's drinking. He's not all that nice when sober but once he has a couple of drinks in him he's so much worse.

[PIT-HAG Melissa]

Yes but a couple have been diagnosed as bi-polar.

[QueenDanceALot]

On 5/29/2014 kdgn said:

I knew a guy in college who was the nicest person-until he drank. After a few drinks he turned into a mean drunk. I often wondered if the niceness was a cover, hiding the mean person he was or if drinking just brought out the worst in him. Others that I knew just seemed to have their personality intensify-a happy drunk, sad and weepy drunk, meaner than usual drunk.

Remember, this was college and the first real taste of freedom for a lot of us. But I watched this pattern over the course of 4 years and it didn't seem to change.

I know one person now who I refuse to be around if he's drinking. He's not all that nice when sober but once he has a couple of drinks in him he's so much worse.

I've always suspected that these people are really mean and that the alcohol just lowers their inhibitions so that their real mean self comes out.

Or if you're happy it just intensifies that feeling, sad the same.

[Lagan]

Other than myself, no.

[Mama Mia]

Yes, I did. My Dad who was the apple of my eye when I was little, sat on his lap when he came from work, just idolized him' He would drink and come home late and they would scream at each other, and I would beg them to stop.

My Mom died of BC when I was twelve, and he was forty years old. He was very good looking, wealthy, and a good catch for all the women when he went to the bars. One finally snagged him, and his drinking became worse. He joined AA and them became the Jekyl at times. When I was sixteen he slapped me across the face so hard that I staggared.

That was the end of the love. In my grown up days he slapped me across the face, in front of my then DH one time, in his fury. Then the same three more times in my life. I forgave him, but it was never the same after that. I didn't live near him after I married. He became so terrible I didn't want to be around him.

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[foundinlv]

On 5/29/2014 Mama Mia said:

Yes, I did. My Dad who was the apple of my eye when I was little, sat on his lap when he came from work, just idolized him' He would drink and come home late and they would scream at each other, and I would beg them to stop.

My Mom died of BC when I was twelve, and he was forty years old. He was very good looking, wealthy, and a good catch for all the women when he went to the bars. One finally snagged him, and his drinking became worse. He joined AA and them became the Jekyl at times. When I was sixteen he slapped me across the face so hard that I staggared.

That was the end of the love. In my grown up days he slapped me across the face, in front of my then DH one time, in his fury. Then the same three more times in my life. I forgave him, but it was never the same after that. I didn't live near him after I married. He became so terrible I didn't want to be around him.

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What a terrible thing to go through. ((((((MamaMia))))))