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I Hate My Father

Wasn't a nice man. He sure could charm anyone though. Used to look for certain types of cashiers in stores and would sweet talk them. The cashier would "forget" to scan a few items and he walked out with more for less. Did the same with waitresses. That's what made him dangerous with charisma and charm that flowed like water.

Had a nasty temper and when my parents divorced he did a number of bad things. A lot of this I heard secondhand from my mom but I remember witnessing some of it. He drove by and threw a brick through the living room window and had to be boarded up. Called the utility company and had our power,water all shut off. Cut lines to our house before himself. Would break and enter into the house when nobody was home. I remember my mom and him arguing in the driveway and whipped a beer can at her. When I was quite young this is the same man who I also saw threatening to kill himself. He was laying on the bed with his rifle pointed under his chin threatening it. Nobody knows I saw that to this day. I never bring it up to anyone. He's long dead now but it was not a pretty divorce.
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greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
This man was a disaster as a human being.

Charming people have learned they can talk their way out of things easily. And for some, it's only a step to the sense of total entitlement that justifies anything.

I'm sorry you had to have this person as a father. I empathize with your resentment and wish things had been better for you.