Spanking Child With Wooden Spoon Not Child Abuse, Says State Court

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479. Well, not really.

Two horribly abusive marriages I had to get out of. Emotionally and verbally abusive. Because my parents never told me to get away from negative guys. I had no idea what a good relationship looked like.

My big sister died in 1990 from brain cancer. She worked at M.D. Anderson Hospital, the largest cancer hospital in the world. She had married abusive men too. Her death really destroyed my parents and me. I was also quite ill myself physically for several years and going through a bitter divorce at that time.

Both my parents got Alzheimer's and got very irrational and just plain nasty in the 1990s. It was a relief when they died and stopped telling me everything I was doing wrong. My dad chewed me out one time for buying a turkey breast and fixing Thanksgiving dinner for them, because I was spending money. You really can't counteract that kind of irrationality. They also blamed me for my being unemployed and reminded me that they spent lots of money on my education. Twelve years of college. They only praised me for being smart.

I was a good girl, worked hard, went to school and got a good education, and feel like I didn't get rewarded for it. But our society throws away talented people by the millions, companies destroy professional jobs, so it's certainly not unique to me or other baby boomer generation people.

I finally met my soul mate when I was about forty, and we're still together. I have a house to live in and a bit of income so things are a lot better. And I have a grown daughter who seems to be happy and has her life in order.