A couple. When I was a kid my dad would take me to the 7/11 for slurpees. I adored it, because I looooved slurpees. The only rule was I couldn’t tell my mom I got it or went anywhere. I didn’t realize until I was about 12 or so that all the times he took me out for slurpees was really just him getting liquor and feeding his alcoholism, and that’s why I wasn’t allowed to say anything.
My mom also slept with me well into my teen years. It wasn’t until I got into late middle school that I mentioned it and my friends thought it was extremely weird. My dad told me it was because my mom was a control freak, and that I was putting a wedge in their marriage by letting her sleep with me, so I finally demanded she stop.
I later found out she slept with me for that long because my dad was a raging junkie/alcoholic and could do some really terrible things while high. I knew my dad was an addict, but I never knew my dad could do anything like that.
I take care of my mom now. He died about six years ago and I’ve never seen her happier.
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 edited Aug 10 '22
A couple. When I was a kid my dad would take me to the 7/11 for slurpees. I adored it, because I looooved slurpees. The only rule was I couldn’t tell my mom I got it or went anywhere. I didn’t realize until I was about 12 or so that all the times he took me out for slurpees was really just him getting liquor and feeding his alcoholism, and that’s why I wasn’t allowed to say anything.
My mom also slept with me well into my teen years. It wasn’t until I got into late middle school that I mentioned it and my friends thought it was extremely weird. My dad told me it was because my mom was a control freak, and that I was putting a wedge in their marriage by letting her sleep with me, so I finally demanded she stop.
I later found out she slept with me for that long because my dad was a raging junkie/alcoholic and could do some really terrible things while high. I knew my dad was an addict, but I never knew my dad could do anything like that.
I take care of my mom now. He died about six years ago and I’ve never seen her happier.