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Not bad, but not good. I really didn't have a great childhood. We were extremely poor and I was constantly isolated from other people by my parents. Then never allowed me to partake in any after school activities or even really have friends until I was well into high school. I was also regularly beaten, insulted, and punished by them for doing pretty much anything that didn't involve sitting down, shutting up, and following my dad's orders.

I kind of have pent up hatred for my dad that I never really got to fully let out before I moved to a different country. It's probably because I'm still coming to terms with the fact that I was probably physically and mentally abused as a child. We still have an okay relationship, I call them at least once a month and visit a couple of times a year, but none of these issues were ever resolved or discussed. I kind of just pretended like none of it happened as I got older, and my dad probably doesn't even think / realize he did anything wrong. Yeah, he's one of those people.

My parents still are very poor and living in a different country, but I feel like someday soon they'll be needing my and my wife's help financially, as neither of them has any plan for retirement, and they're fast approaching 70 years old. I'll definitely call him on Father's Day, and the call will be amicable, but beneath the surface our relationship is probably all sorts of fucked up.
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