Evan I hate my father. I've never hated someone as much as I hated him right now. It isn't the first time I've been on the receiving end of a backhander. Though on several arguments a back hander has escalated to full blown punches but I give as good as I get. It all began when I was sixteen he knew then I was old enough to fight back and fight back I did every time he'd spew s**t about my mother and how embarrassed he was with her and me. Of course I always took the brunt of it sticking up for my mother. She should have left him years ago. She was either too scared or foolish. I think she was both. She knew she wouldn't last long without the money he had coming in from the army. She had a job but it didn't pay as much as his career did. He made I'm an sure I joined the army when I wa