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254: What if your father annihilated the family?

This Is Actually Happening

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I Forgave My Father Every Time

"I forgave him every time, partially because I knew forgiving him is what was most likely to get him out of my room," she says. "As a child it was just, here's this very strong macho, toxically masculine man, weeping at the end of my bed and begging forgiveness." The last thing he said to me before he passed out was, if you tell anyone, I'll kill you, she writes.

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