[Tax-chick]

Exactly. I suppose you could resolve to be the opposite, but that’s easier said than done.

[metmom]

What I’ve noticed is the same problems, just expressed differently.

I know a man who grew up watching his step dad beat his mom and he is absolutely death on men touching women, but is very abusive verbally.

[Mrs. Don-o]

With reference to taking one’s parents’ marriage as a guide: Was it Gilda Radner (?) who said, “If you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.”