Real Life Stories of Epic Family Drama 

It Shaped Our Whole Relationship

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I was 9, and I was really nice to a poor guy selling shirts out of the back of his truck. My father’s reaction haunts me. My dad pulled me away and told me directly “It’s great to be nice to people, Chris, but be mean too. You want people to be a little scared of you.” Even at nine, I was like, “That’s not…great,” and it really was an interaction that shaped our relationship.

I went on to teach, have a vibrant friend group, and generally, I love people. It’s in my work and in every fiber of my life. My dad didn’t come out so well. He passed, alone, of an overdose about 10 years ago. The funeral would’ve been basically empty if not for all the friends who came to console me.

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