Posted By: Me on 2007-12-19
In Reply to: My dad - Me

When I was about 15 or 16 - threatened to burn him with the iron I was using once. He decided to leave me alone from then on. The ones who are mean to children are really just cowards much of the time. Never hit my kids and don't need to.

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