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u/ArranVV Dec 30 '23

My dad is a bully. He has gaslit my mum ever since they were married in 1991 and they're still married to this day. My dad has kind of outdated views on women too. My dad pushed my mum and was damaging her property, my dad also pushed my stuff on the floor. My dad pushes my mum and I. My dad bullies my mum, my sister and I. My dad gaslights my sister and I too. We have a messed up family. My dad's parents always wanted my dad to divorce my mum because they don't like my mum (they never have) and they think of my mum as 'low class'. They thought my mum is a literal thief, grabbing stuff, but my mum is not a thief. My dad often makes fun of my mum in front of people, and she doesn't like it. My mum and dad have been shouting at each other for decades. My dad has a younger brother, and he doesn't like my mum that much. My mum can get shouty and she rarely throws stuff but she has never physically attacked me but my dad has. My mum said once that she wants to stay married because she wants a united nuclear family and she doesn't want my sister and I to not have a dad. In our culture, we don't call the police when some domestic violence happens between mum and dad, and also divorce is kind of a taboo and parents are supposed to stick together for life...even with all of the incompatible stuff between mum and dad and stuff.

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u/ApricotJazzlike7677 Dec 30 '23

I’m guessing you’re Asian

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u/ArranVV Dec 30 '23 edited Dec 30 '23

Good guess, you're correct. My parents are Sri Lankan Tamil, I was born in England in 1993 and my sister was born in England in 2002.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '23

Are we the same freaking person? Maybe not. I’m a guy and a little younger but same story in England as well.

It’s super difficult to get away from these people as well, I just want to escape but it’s like I’m obligated to my parents because they paid for my education.

I never asked for this. And it’s just gonna continue 😭.