• it_depends_man@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The boyfriend interpreted as a bonding moment.

      The father meant his placing the gun as a threat and got “called” on his bluff and gets angry.

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          Dad doesn’t like losing the illusion of power. He thinks it’s perfectly fine to threaten someone but is a hypocrite the moment he met with equal force. So they tried gaslighting and getting defensive and blaming the person that they tried to threaten.