Post #3188020
2026-06-01 02:55 UTC
mine too. they seemed to have the parenting philosophy that if they just beat me enough, and withheld enough love, I would magically become a sweet and good child who didn't need to be beaten and who deserved love. my brother committed suicide before he finished high school. somehow I turned out ok but there was no fucking way I was rolling the dice with having kids.
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@Jewpacabra@poa.st 2026-06-01 02:57
I hear stories like that and I completely understand the aversion to corporal punishment. I was never hit in the face, always spanked with a spoon or open palm, and it was never the first resort. I also was shown incredible amounts of love, had time spent with me by both my mom and dad, and genuinely felt my parents didn’t actually want to spank me. I’m biased I guess
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@LudditeMan@poa.st 2026-06-01 03:46
Never had kids, never married, I could never expose those who I loved to those people.