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[quote=Anonymous]Yes.  Oh, yes, it has affected my relationships with other people.

My mom died when I was young and my dad chose his girlfriend(s), repeatedly, over spending time with me or even seeing me on holidays.  I do not like or trust women because I learned early on that these women (dad's girlfriends) saw me as a threat and endeavored to establish themselves as the important one in my dad's life...and they (all) succeeded.  When my dad finally married one of them when I was in college, we had almost no relationship left.  I only met his wife once, for a few minutes, when she inserted herself into the first face-to-face conversation I'd had with my dad in years, then rolled her eyes at him and flounced off when I didn't return her hug.  I haven't seen her in ten years, and I haven't been to my dad's house in over a decade either.

I am very bitter and very cynical about human nature, and I believe that I see the dark truths that most people are allowed to avoid (seeing).  However, I wish I didn't have to know these things.  I wish my dad had pretended to care about me or put me first when I was young to keep these things hidden from me.  And I really, really distrust other women.  I'm as misogynist as it is possible for a woman to be.  [/quote]

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