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rampartd

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2. "mad money"

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 01:02 PM

Yesterday

i may have been 10 the last time my father beat mom. drunk as usual. he had wrecked the car. loud argument and thumps. crying.

next day her brother and father visited for a long talk. they were both very big guys and my uncle was a cop. dad never drank again and did not, in my memory, again beat her.

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VANISHED Ways 1950s Women Survived Abusive Husbands [View all] no_hypocrisy Yesterday OP

My father was emotionally and psychologically abusive. no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1

"mad money" rampartd Yesterday #2

Wow. That takes me back to the 1950s. Ritabert Yesterday #3

I remember well... 2naSalit Yesterday #4

In a hell of a lot of ways, I was lucky... and I recognize that fact. slightlv 22 hrs ago #5

How sad. While watching this, I thought about my father. I can't recall him ever getting mad, angry. Once in a while, 3Hotdogs 11 hrs ago #6