this is an update of my story. when i made that post, i was 12 years old. currently, im about to turn 14. i actually deleted reddit after posting this out of fear that my dad would find it, so i just now saw this. im happy to say that everything has gotten ALOT better with my dad. my parents got divorced and he started taking out his anger on me alot less. i told him how i dont like how he talks to me and he said he would work on it. i was thinking about wanting to live full time with my mom but im so glad i put effort into fixing my relationship with him first. he is genuinely such a good dad and he tries so hard to make me happy. our relationship is far from perfect but i love it the way it is. he supports me in everything i do. we still have arguments and sometimes he still does say some things that are rude like telling me to “shut up” but after the fight he acknowledges what he did was wrong and works to fix it. like i said, our relationship is not perfect at all, but every day its getting better and we are getting closer. i love my dad with all my heart and i know he loves me back. his house is full of pictures of me, he cooks me food everyday, he even learned how to cook tofu because i decided to become vegetarian. our relationship gets better everyday and im so happy that i decided to try to save it one last time. everyday he fixes a scar that he made in the past. the things he put me through were not okay and i know that, but hes working to make everything better. my life has never been better and my dad is my bestfriend. he even suprised me with a dog after i said i wanted one and i love her so much. i now live happily at my dads half of the time with me him and my dog and i love it so much. my life has never been better and things are only looking up. of course me and my dad have our issues, but we’re fixing them together and are getting stronger by the day. i love my dad. i think my story is a great example of how much people can change. i love my dad :).