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I just found out today my father, decades ago, superglued a small Yorkshire Terrier's lips together as punishment [View all]
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
OP
He is a Trumper, too, no shock. He also thought the torture at Abu Ghraib was perfectly fine.
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#2
This is horrible but I wish for you peace and comfort knowing you survived all this 🌺
Deuxcents
Nov 22
#4
Thank you so much. 💙 my best friends are my kitty Mr. Bobo and the crows I feed peanuts to every morning.
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#12
Thank you so much! Yesterday I baked bread, today I made chocolate chip cookies for my husband, and
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#20
Thank you so so much. 💙. I've struggled with depression and anxiety, won't lie. I've tried to be a good person.
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#21
No creature or human. deserves the treatment he gave. I think we messaged each other, YOU did not deserve the treatment.
debm55
Nov 22
#15
Thank you so so much for your compassion, your words mean a lot to me and I'm sorry
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#19
Thank you. I will cry when he dies but also feel relieved. Thank you for understanding. I'm sorry you were hurt too...
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#22
Thank you so so much. That means a lot to me. All the kind posts here mean a lot to me too, you guys are so awesome. I
LiberalLoner
Nov 23
#67
Thank you so much. 💙💙 when I went no contact he was still healthy, I have since emailed him
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#25
Thank you so much. This is such a healing song for all of us who have difficult relationships with our fathers. 💙💙💙
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#36
Did he vote for Trump? It would make a fitting end to a life, not lived well.
OAITW r.2.0
Nov 22
#27
I agree. When my husband was told he had malignant cancer , I called my mother for support, All I got was "everyone has
debm55
Nov 22
#57
Oh my god I am so sorry for what you went through. Those people are monsters and I am so glad
LiberalLoner
Nov 23
#68
Would you let your SO do this and go back to them? Yes, they are my family . However through many years of Sexual,
debm55
Nov 22
#58
None of my SO's over the years would accept this kind of behavior. I wouldn't.
OAITW r.2.0
Nov 22
#62
I always knew he was damaged inside, from my earliest memories, I always felt sorry for him even though I hated to be
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#38
And me when I was seven and he was home from Vietnam. My mother and older brother in the photo.
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#39
Thank you 💙💙💙. Email from my stepsister in case anyone wants to see first hand.
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#46
Well, he went to war twice, Infantry. Got his front teeth knocked out in a bar fight in his late teens.
LiberalLoner
Nov 22
#47
Thank you so so much! 💙💙💙. Right now I feel like the luckiest woman on earth,
LiberalLoner
Nov 23
#71
I'm so sorry. The worst thing about evil people is that they contaminate our lives.
MaryMagdaline
Nov 22
#51
Thank you so much. I am free of him already, but sometimes I wrestle with the feelings, especially when I learn of new
LiberalLoner
Nov 23
#72
Thank you so so much. It was hard today to learn of what my poor stepsisters witnessed, and the animal abuse. It's like
LiberalLoner
Nov 23
#73
Sorry. I was posting this to the thread about Musk and government waste. Sorry, cannot explain what happened
surfered
Nov 22
#56
Your father will be repaid for all the abuses. I'm sorry you and your siblings had to go through this. Monster is right
dai13sy
Nov 22
#61
Thank you so so much. So many of us tried to change him but we couldn't get through to him. The only thing that
LiberalLoner
Nov 23
#74
I forgave, really, at a very young age because I knew instinctively he was so damaged. I'm upset today because
LiberalLoner
Nov 23
#75
I am so sorry for all you and your family members went through because of your father.
HeartsCanHope
Nov 23
#79