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Tommy Allison
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I'm curious as to how many other people come from truly dysfunctional families.
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Chuckleberryfinn
Paranormal Maven
Oh, my. I could tell you stories, but just thinking about it fills me with rage.
Gareth
Nothin' to see here
*Mums been marries twice, now divorced.
*Dads been married 3 times, now still married.
*I found out a couple yrs ago that who I thought was my Dad, actually probably isnt. After getting a DNA test turns out nope he wasnt. Why didnt they tell me for 25yrs? Because they thought it "didnt matter, your father is who looks after you". Fine, but the dude who I thought was 'daddy' lived in Singapore since I was the age of 5. No the real reason is they both just lived in denial for 25yrs. Pretend the problem didnt exist.
*I did live in a relatively stable family life with step dad and 2 step sis's from age 7-16 though, so that was ok I guess. Although I never really got on with my step dad (does anyone ever), and I still remember the days just after mum, myself and my half brother moved out to our own place as some of my happiest in all my years of school.
Im honestly not sure if thats classed as dysfuntional. Most families have shit like that going on. Id say its more common than not, because lets face it, were all just humans and humans love to look out for themselves (not their fault).
How about you Tommy? Im guessing youre going to define fysfunction in this case?
*Dads been married 3 times, now still married.
*I found out a couple yrs ago that who I thought was my Dad, actually probably isnt. After getting a DNA test turns out nope he wasnt. Why didnt they tell me for 25yrs? Because they thought it "didnt matter, your father is who looks after you". Fine, but the dude who I thought was 'daddy' lived in Singapore since I was the age of 5. No the real reason is they both just lived in denial for 25yrs. Pretend the problem didnt exist.
*I did live in a relatively stable family life with step dad and 2 step sis's from age 7-16 though, so that was ok I guess. Although I never really got on with my step dad (does anyone ever), and I still remember the days just after mum, myself and my half brother moved out to our own place as some of my happiest in all my years of school.
Im honestly not sure if thats classed as dysfuntional. Most families have shit like that going on. Id say its more common than not, because lets face it, were all just humans and humans love to look out for themselves (not their fault).
How about you Tommy? Im guessing youre going to define fysfunction in this case?
AnnetteMarie
Skilled Investigator
everybody is dysfunctional in some way, but the weird thing is, most of us still function, so does that negate the dysfunction?
If everybody but a few, has a dysfunctional family, then those whose families were functional, would be the exception, not the norm, and that would make them abnormal... it's giving me a headache.
I know a girl whose sister hired a PI to find her dad (who didn't know she was his) so he could walk her down the aisle. Her step dad, who the mom claimed was the dad for many, many years, had decided he was a she. and not a pretty one, either.
how's that for dysfunction?
If everybody but a few, has a dysfunctional family, then those whose families were functional, would be the exception, not the norm, and that would make them abnormal... it's giving me a headache.
I know a girl whose sister hired a PI to find her dad (who didn't know she was his) so he could walk her down the aisle. Her step dad, who the mom claimed was the dad for many, many years, had decided he was a she. and not a pretty one, either.
how's that for dysfunction?
thefoundryman
chrono-synclastically infundibulated
A better question might be "Who comes from a 'normal' family".
