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Originally Posted by bella9542
My parents never showed affection towards each other nor did they show affection towards their children. My father showed no emotions about anything, provided for the family and busted our behinds more times than not. Most of the kids I grew up with thought that my father was the meanest person in the neighborhood.
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First of all, welcome aboard. The paragraph above sounds exactly the way it was when I was growing up. That really hit a cord with me. On the last sentence though, it was just the opposite. My father was a "pillar" of the community. People told me how lucky I was to have such a great man as my father. My father was abusive. It took me some time in my life to realize that.
Also, about me, I am 61.