Junk in my Trunk

So. Family.   Here’s some background for you.   Mum and Dad are split.   Dad’s remarried (very recently in fact – at 71). Mum’s got her live-in partner.   I have a younger brother and sister.   Em’s 39, Nerd is 37. Without getting into the loooog drawn out story involving infidelity, lies, more lies, even more lies, cover ups, and all the nonsense that followed for years, lets just say that my Dad and I have a complicated relationship.   I am exactly like him and nothing like him.   If that can even be true.   In fact, I would say the only thing that separates my dad and I is that in spite of the fact that we’ve made very similar bad choices, the difference between him and I is that 1) I have always owned/acknowledged/apologized for them and 2) I have honestly tried to learn from them and make different choices after the fact. A child’s relationship with his or her parents is always a complicated thing, regardless of all the life eve...