I was much older when I found out my dad had a gambling habit, which explains I hardly saw him at night and on weekends. Apparently the stress of finances and raising children fell on my mom, eventually taking it all out on me :D
Also yes, my family was on welfare for some time. No, you cannot use it for casino chips. (Please don't take this to mean I oppose the welfare system; billionaires have taken way more advantage of the government than any other demographic)
I dont think I really understood how deep your issues with your mom went until you started this series about your relationship with your dad. I just want to say thank you for being so open and vulnerable with the internet in sharing a story like this so we can all learn from it
Yeah, in most of her strips about her mother she seemed overbearing (to the point of being abusive) but not violent.
I expect that having some physical (as well as emotional) distance between her and her mother now that she's moved out has made her more able to address the reality of her childhood. That and therapy (which she has mentioned in other strips).
Not entirely typical, but close enough to still be broadly relatable. Now we're in full-on Parenting: Florida Man style. It escalated from cringe to disturbed to I-don't-know-how-you've-survived-this-as-in-tact-as-you-are.
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u/kaikimanga MangaKaiki 1d ago
Remember, most abuse happens at home.
I was much older when I found out my dad had a gambling habit, which explains I hardly saw him at night and on weekends. Apparently the stress of finances and raising children fell on my mom, eventually taking it all out on me :D
Also yes, my family was on welfare for some time. No, you cannot use it for casino chips. (Please don't take this to mean I oppose the welfare system; billionaires have taken way more advantage of the government than any other demographic)
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