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In reply to the discussion: This was what it was like to grow up with a gun nut for a father. [View all]Robyn66
(1,675 posts)45. I hope so
No one needs an arsenal.
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You were tortured and abused, that's all there is to it. You were entrapped in an earthly hell.
We People
Dec 2012
#7
"It was the constant invalidation, telling you that you were bad, worthless, etc."...
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#68
I've done so much FOO (family of origin) work that I think I could pay for a mercedes.
tavalon
Dec 2012
#117
Understand totally, tavalon. Many years later in therapy, I did "kill" them symbolically--
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#121
My brother lives next to a cop. He has threatened to shoot my brother, he has shot
doc03
Dec 2012
#25
I'm trying to fathom the mind that would defend gun ownership in this thread
DeltaLitProf
Dec 2012
#37
Thanks for sharing that. ITA how important it is for a girl to have a good father. I
raccoon
Dec 2012
#38
"Someone with a loaded gun in his hand only has to lose control for a split second
raccoon
Dec 2012
#62
I can relate. My father only had a few guns, but only 'played' with them when he was drunk.
joanbarnes
Dec 2012
#63
True, Sir: Calls Hisself 'Satan' And Cannot Tell Masochism From Sadism....
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#153
+1. The Renaissance scholar Stephen Greenblatt wrote a great book with
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#106
Well you sound like you are on the road to recovery. Because honestly I don't know
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#73
did anybody else in the neighborhood think it was so dangerous they needed guns?e
yurbud
Dec 2012
#150