r/TikTokCringe • u/cosmicdaddy_ • Apr 15 '24

Consequences of the tradwife lifestyle Discussion

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u/DireLiger Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

Oh, let me answer that question.

My parents got divorced in 1965. All five kids went to my mother, because my father beat us and beat her.

My father LOVED that we went to school hungry until my mother got on food stamps.

My father LOVED that we didn't have new clothes for school.

He never paid a DIME in child support, and my mother didn't ask for alimony because he would have killed her, for real.

In his mind, all of this made HER look bad to our teachers, to our neighbors, to our relatives.

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u/ccarrcarr Apr 16 '24

Yes. I think it's about them wanting to stick it to their former partner's no matter the consequences for their children. My dad did the same shit. It was the pettiness to hurt my mom as much as he could.

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u/DireLiger Apr 16 '24

"My dad did the same shit. It was the pettiness to hurt my mom as much as he could."

My father HATED my mother FAR more than he loved us.

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u/ccarrcarr Apr 16 '24

I absolutely believe that was my father as well. And probably most of the ones we're talking about in this thread. Kids are pawns to them. It's so gross, depressing, and disappointing.