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I can't remember much about my childhood. I know that occassionally I was spanked. Maybe 4 or 5 times, its hard to say. I had my mouth washed out with soap once. I never resisted, not once. I never fought back, I never made trouble. I just took it, and that was that. They never needed to use violence...
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I just put the letters in the mail today and I think they will get them as early as tomorrow. I am feeling nervous. If anyone has any advice to offer, it would be appreciated. I'm afraid I might have a difficult time not reading or listening to their messages, if they leave any. I'm also worried...
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Hello Mom and Dad, Over the past couple of months I have been doing a lot of self-evaluation. I am seeing that there are a few aspects of my life that I am unsatisfied with. One of these aspects includes my relationship with you. I am requesting time apart from you and the family, including loan payments...
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I have been thinking alot lately, about my relationship to the concept and practice of "leadership". I have always had something of a love-hate relationship with leadership, both as it was manifested in others, and as it manifested as a potential in me. One thing that occurred to me: as a child...
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Been a long time listener to FDR, although I’ve always been more of a lurker than anything else. I've been toying with the idea of DeFoOing ever since I began listening to FDR, but didn't really feel like I had the right to post on the board until I’ve tried some of the "jujitsu"...
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I sent my defoo letter to my parents a few months ago,and I am just getting around to posting the letter they sent in reply. I sent a very brief letter,just I was working through some issues and that family stuff was not helping.And that I would contact them when and if I was ready,and for them not to...
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I've been lurking on here for some time, but something just happened to me, and I thought i might make a post about it, because really I dont know many people who would listen to this with a sympathetic ear... (I'm only on podcast 342... oh the shame!!) I feel like I should start out with my...
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I will be going to the family reunion on my father's in a few days. Although everyone is generally 'kind and friendly' to me it's a far from relaxed experience. This seems to all stem down from my grandmother (my father's mother) who calling her nasty would be an understatement. Evil...
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I was 14, and my father was very pissed at me. I was an atheist at the time, born and raised. My dad's girlfriend, knowing my dad wanted to kick me out, found an acquaintance willing to accept me into his home. That acquaintance was Mormon. Before I left, my father's girlfriend told me, "Go...
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Hey All, I've been having this problem with emotionally convincing myself to defoo; I see my parents lives without me and I feel their heartache. Even though there has been blackmail, some physical abuse and overall very bad parenting, I feel reluctant to leave. My mother annoys me by continuously...