In regards to the whole nickname "Brianna" thing. It's a thing that parents have done for a long time. Anyone who watched an episode of Bewitched where Samantha's mother constantly calls her husband "Derwood" or some such name when his name is "Darren" has seen it. If you have adult children, you've most likely done it, sometimes by mistake. It was common in my day and age for parents to call a less than stellar boyfriend or husband "Nancy", of course that wouldn't fly today, and none of us were killed by our mates or physically abused. And then there's the proving time, the early on in a relationship where the other person sometimes has to earn the respect in the family. We have songs about it, jokes about it, lore about it-some dad sitting in a chair ready to meet the boyfriend for the first time while holding his gun and cleaning it.
None of this is indicative of a belittling or abusive father who is raising a woman to be belittled or abused or murdered.
JMO.
