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In reply to the discussion: What it was like growing up with a "gun nut" as a father [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)48. I had a bit of a dysfunctional family growing up.....
....and I have some issues of my own.....but nothing quite nearly as bad as what you went thru.
My god, Robyn, I am so, so, sorry. To be perfectly honest, I can't imagine going thru all that intact and I fear that if I had, I might have snapped a long time ago.
You are certainly stronger than I am, IMO, without a doubt.
But, at least you have a loving family(and great friends!) now.....
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Having a bad father is the worst, Robyn. I had two, one a gun nut and pervert, the other just
Mnemosyne
Apr 2013
#4
I feel your pain; I grew up in the 50s and 60s and you sure didn't talk about that
raccoon
Apr 2013
#32
Too many people just weren't willing to come to terms with that back then.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2013
#47
Society was in a lot of denial back then about abuse within the family. The women's movement
raccoon
Apr 2013
#60
You could be describing my mother's father, including being a cop. It scarred her badly.
nolabear
Apr 2013
#9
I feel you. No guns in my house, growing up, but the sickness was there---so many similarities--
BlancheSplanchnik
Apr 2013
#24
Background checks arent enough, we need drug and alchohol testing and license renewals....
CarrieLynne
Apr 2013
#27
it never occurred to me that what he was doing was breaking the law, since we were at home...
CarrieLynne
Apr 2013
#44
Thanks for sharing, your defination is the same as mine. When someone becomes a different
Thinkingabout
Apr 2013
#39
Your father was not a responsible gun owner; he was a bad person that owned guns.
badtoworse
Apr 2013
#46
I doubt you would say "the way he chose to do it is of secondary importance"
Pale Blue Dot
Apr 2013
#50
He would have been as bad without the guns. My father wasn't to the degree yours was....
marble falls
Apr 2013
#64