GoodEnoughToCry

If they are not physically/sexually abusive then they are 'good' and tried their best.

Not being physically/sexually abusive is just a lack of clearly bad traits, it doesn't make them good.

Why can't we expect more than just not bad?

Lurker account. Long rant ahead.

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I recently had a falling out with my dad. Prior to the falling out, I was struggling already and discovered RBN while searching for methods to deal. Lurking through RBN, I was first surprised by how many things clicked for me and then I started struggling more, because it seemed that my gut feelings against my father would become a clear certainty. The most painful aspect is that I grew up a daddy's girl, the kind who travelled and raised rabbits and did home improvement projects together.

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I've been slowly working through my memories and there has been one thing my dad always said that has been bothering me more and more in retro