Cory And My Dad: A Comparative Analysis

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Growing up I never wished I had a family like all of my friends. It was actually the polar opposite. I loved that my parents were split up. Maybe that sounds demented, but for me it meant doubles of everything. I had two Christmas's, two Thanksgivings, two birthday parties, and lastly I had two dads. If my parents would have never had split up I would never had met Cory. Cory is my step dad, but to me he is just my dad. My dads name is Todd and he is my father and know one can ever change that. Although this two men are both amazing and mean the world to me, they are both completely different in every aspect. They parent differently, they fight differently, and they care differently. Cory and my Dad are on opposite ends of the spectrum when

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