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That being said, let's dive into today's episode.

Not to like dive in too deep too quickly

here but what what's your relationship with your dad like yeah so actually uh don't have a

relationship with my father so he he passed away probably about gosh eight years ago now um but even

before then there was the relationship was non-existent.

So I actually, he, he left us around two when I was two.

And I've got two memories of him since then, and neither of them is very good.

He was very abusive, struggle with alcoholism.

So, so, so, yeah, so, uh, yeah, grew up without knowing, um, the, anything really about a father.

You know, I think it's when you survive, you sort of just bury it, you know,

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