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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry, there's something terribly wrong with him [View all]Orrex
(67,491 posts)A 50/50 chance of being forced into a wrestling match? Really? I'm sorry that you had to deal with that. If he pulled that kind of shit on your friends, too, then I'm amazed that you had any friends at all. And the fact that your father played these fucked up games under the guise of "toughening you up" is simply sick.
Why in the world did he get off on scraping your face with his. Was this psychotic tactic common in your home? Maybe I should try that on the IT guy at work. I'm sure he'd appreciate a little toughening up.
It's clear that your father's lack of interpersonal boundaries and basic human respect have skewed your sense of what constitutes reasonable behavior. You can write it off as "wussification," but what you're really saying is that people should have to put up with unwelcome physical intimidation as long as the intidator is more powerful than the victim.