'I'll never be like her.'
I'm still young, but I understand my mother. We all say we will never turn out like our parents. I think we lie though. I already see myself in her. As my uncle says, "I'm a true McGonagle." I'm just like my mom. I don't take anyone's crap, and I can see past people, and the walls they put up. I probally will teach my kids to be just like me, as I've turned out like my mother.
We claim, "I will never yell at my kids as much as you!" or "I'm never sending my kids to that damned Catholic school."
Oh, my kids will not be giving everything they desire, and ten bucks says my kids will be put through 9 years (or more) or Catholic School.
So, some of us may not turn out like our parents. But, most of us may. We learn later in life our parents were right when we thought 'they were SO wrong. They'll never understand.'
It's like we don't even consider our parents were once our age, and that maybe they do understand.
Oh, but they do.They love us. Our parents know us the best, and we haven't figured that out yet.
We claim, "I will never yell at my kids as much as you!" or "I'm never sending my kids to that damned Catholic school."
Oh, my kids will not be giving everything they desire, and ten bucks says my kids will be put through 9 years (or more) or Catholic School.
So, some of us may not turn out like our parents. But, most of us may. We learn later in life our parents were right when we thought 'they were SO wrong. They'll never understand.'
It's like we don't even consider our parents were once our age, and that maybe they do understand.
Oh, but they do.They love us. Our parents know us the best, and we haven't figured that out yet.
Tbh, I hope I turn out like both of my parents, just not some of mother's qualities and choices. She is 99.99% better, and she is a great woman. But the choices she made jeopardized a lot of things, but could've jeopardized a lot more. I am not putting my children through that.
eifhakdjsfh, June 20th, 2007 at 02:11:28am
My dad has even said 'you're just like your mother', that was in a general argument though. I know i'm like her, and i'm proud of that.
Stef., June 19th, 2007 at 06:00:30pm
Oh, but they do.They love us. Our parents know us the best, and we haven't figured that out yet.
That isn't always true. If you have a drunk, abusive father, he doesn't know whats best for you. Ideally, your parents love you, but sadly that isn't always everyones reality.
Kurtni, June 19th, 2007 at 11:20:14am
Gosh, that got me thinking. [:
Skippy., June 19th, 2007 at 04:41:10am
If your parents have scarred you, Or physically abused you, Most of the time the children make a promise to themself that they will never parent like that.
Ive made a promise never, ever, to mentally abuse and scarr my children like my morher did to me.
Dance Dance. Fool!, June 19th, 2007 at 03:58:03am
I suppose you're right that there is a possibility that we're going to turn out like our parents. And I definitely agree with the thing about our kids not getting everything. We have to put ourselves in our parents' shoes for a moment: they are raising us, and helping prepare us for the world outside. They have a difficult job to do, and too often we take them for granted.
But then again, some of us will be different to our parents. We might be raised in too strict a household, and feel the need to make a change for our children so they don't live in the same way.
Everyone is different.
The Brightside., June 19th, 2007 at 02:42:04am