the dad i'm glad i never had
one of my best friends growing up was a girl who i shall only refer to as P, just in case.
P's dad was a total psycho. seriously, the man should have been locked up. he was a good 25 years older than P's mother, who i assume only agreed to marry him due to the fact that she had learning difficulties.
P invited me to stay over one night when she was 10 and i was 11. as i was older, i was alloweed to stay up late. i was rather surprised to discover that "late" was 7.30, but not as surprised as i was to discover that P's dad still insisted on bathing his daughter pesonally. i never stayed again.
one day, an ambulance turned up at P's house. i knew she'd been ill for a few days, but i thought it was only the flu.
turns out it was.
P had woken up, famished, at 6a.m. and had grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl. the ambulance was called by her brother, after the beating she received from her father for taking an apple meant only for "show" left her unconscious. her mother backed up her father's tale of P falling down the stairs, so nothing was done. the fact that P's mother had a black eye and a split lip was overlooked.
P and her brother had a dog, a lovely little thing that they both adored. when the time came for them to move house, several of the neighbours(including my parents) offered to take the dog in, if their new place didn't allow pets. P's dad said no, they were taking the dog with them. 2 days later, another friend of mine was riding his bike by the marina, where he found P's dog, dead. its neck had been viciously twisted until it broke, then the poor creature was thrown into the marina.
last i heard of P, her mother had finally been convinced to leave her bastard of a husband, although it had taken him almost killing her before she'd thrown him out. i still wonder what happened to her. i hope for her sake she cut all ties with her dad, he was a truly evil man.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 28 Nov 2010, 20:43, 2 replies)

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Holy shit.
(TheSnark oh, c'mon, like you didn't see me coming, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 11:45, closed)

he gave me the creeps
every time i saw him
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 16:06, closed)