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“My father always needed to be the decision maker (but wasn’t very good at it). He screwed up his entrepreneurial activities, and one cost us big time. We had to sell our house to pay it off, but they had to divorce and put it in her name before they could sell. My mother told my dad to leave and go stay with Grandma for a while so she could clear her head and decide the next steps.”
“She originally intended to let him come back because of her Catholic upbringing and society norms told her she should. But after a few months of freedom, she decided to screw that s**t and told him to stay with Grandma. She felt such exhilaration! She joined a dance group (Dad didn’t dance, so….). Initially, she lived in apartments, then saved up and bought HER first house all by herself and in her own name. Then she felt truly free and lived another free 30 years.”
—Anonymous
