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As a kid, my dad would sometimes intimidate me. He would be the “bad cop” to my mom who played the role of the “good cop.” When I was 20, my mom suddenly passed away from breast cancer, and my dad and I had to learn how to live with each other’s temperaments and grief.
I continued to live at home with my dad for another 10 years, where our relationship developed into a co-dependent friendship. When I eventually
