I was thinking about it in the shower and I realized that the common factor across most of my friends was that they have a good relationship with at least one of their parents. The ones who don’t who still turned out great are fascinating mysteries to me.
some people can surprise (complimentary)
Yup. I also can’t help but think about it in terms of the Trump supporters who say “Daddy’s home”, which is a dead giveaway that their relationship there was turbo fucked.
That's generational rot. Decades of bad, abusive in some form or neglectful, family lineage
Yeah, I talked to my dad about this when I was home for his 75th birthday and he said the one thing he knew about parenting was that he wasn’t ever going to hit me and he figured the rest out from there.
I should probably blog all this
You should. Happy bday dad