Did anyone else’s nmom/dad deny them of simple pleasures as a child?

It really could. My mother would never let me cut my hair or style it. When I was younger, she would rip through it with a brush and then style it in a way i hated. I used to beg to be allowed a ponytail. If I came home with it up I would get beaten with a belt or spatula (I was a tomboy and wanted to play soccer with all the other kids). I had a Hermione granger-esque bushy hair that was always in the way and I couldn't tame. And then she would tell me it looked awful. I used to beg for haircuts. She would take my brothers. The one time I was allowed a haircut I had to pay for it and she had to decide the cut. This was right before senior pictures.

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