Hm, it's creepy to see how many people here had these kind of bad or even horrible experiences with their parrents. I'm sorry for all of ya
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I've had my share of a rough childhood, but none thay envolved beating. I would get a tap or a whack from my dad every once in a while. But not hard enough or without reason so I would hate him.
My share exists mostly of having an alcoholic mom, who I still have to live with to this day. Sucks big time, but I learned to deal. And I think thats what most of the people around here did, otherwise you might now have come out as good as you did. Afterall I've heard stories of people who had a lousy childhood and went to try out every possible drug, booze and hooker they could find, just to die on a coke overdose when their 23.
So concerning that, given that most of the time of my life I had to take care of my own, I'm proud to not even drink a drop, or smoke, or do drugs. I could have come out a lot worse. Same goes for anyone else who has a similar story. So you can be proud of yourselfs.