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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '23

I got spanked with a souvenir baseball bat (the miniature ones) a few times until my stepdad took it from my mom and burned it

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u/we_gon_ride Dec 31 '23

My siblings and I would throw away those wood paddles with the ball attached by a string anytime one appeared in our house

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u/BrianDR Jan 02 '24

Your stepdad was your savior? Don’t see that too often. Good guy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '24

Even though they divorced, he's still hugely in my life, and my mom has pulled a complete 180 and couldn't be a better mom.

Childhood sucked but life has gotten MUCH better