How to Heal a Wound From Your Dad's Negligence

Cheryl: My dad's negligence and cruelty triggered something even more insidious, which is that your mother located that problem as a problem of female inadequacy. She was so scarred, not just by the betrayal, but by her complicity in it, that she essentially put that on you. But I also think there's the relationship problem, which is your boyfriend was alone with his ex-boyfriend. Cheryl: It's not out of bounds to say "I don't really want you hanging out with her"