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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents would swing back and forth between fun and abusive. They’d get in a fight and threaten to divorce each other and argue in front of us about who would get the kids, then they’d make up and take us to a hotel with a pool for the weekend so we could have family time. Or they’d start off joking or teasing with something cute and funny, then taking it way too far to the point of bullying and torment, then teasing horrifically because we kids were too sensitive and couldn’t take a joke. Their fun always came with a high price.

In contrast, I’m not fun because I don’t allow much teasing or practical jokes, especially if I detect even a hint of meanness or bullying. We do fun things like outings (without threatening divorce or custody battles), fun classes, fun activities at home, and watching funny movies and telling jokes that aren’t hurtful.[/quote]

That is interesting PP.  My family did a ton of teasing and practical jokes and sarcastic mocking but it was all done in love and I have nothing but good memories of those times. [/quote]

That’s nice. My parents would do things like block the door so I couldn’t exit a room (sometimes for more than half an hour), pretend to leave me home alone without telling me where they went, tickle me until I peed on myself even after I begged them to stop so I could go to the bathroom, or dress up like a clown and wake me in the middle of the night to scare me. Then if I cried I’d be mocked for being too sensitive. What kind of fun pranks did your parents pull? [/quote]

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