El Brujo Posted August 25, 2012 Posted August 25, 2012 You'd think after thousands of years, parents would learn that you can't teach a kid to like formal things. A kid doesn't care if something is haute couture, haute cuisine, or any other kind of "haute"---all the kid knows is that he doesn't want to be forced to eat foods that taste disgusting or wear clothes that are dorky and uncomfortable. Yet parents still keep trying to do it...
Author El Brujo Posted August 26, 2012 Author Posted August 26, 2012 Shre forced me to wear a tuxedo and made me eat bad-tasting peas. 1
Radu Posted August 26, 2012 Posted August 26, 2012 Beats trying to find you a wife and asking her family sex questions about their daughter. 3
Author El Brujo Posted August 27, 2012 Author Posted August 27, 2012 Beats trying to find you a wife and asking her family sex questions about their daughter. No, it was bad enough when my mother used to make that pitiful face and whine "when am I going to have some grandkids?" Yeah, so she could spoil the hell out of them. I know how it works. Kill your kid, spoil your grandkid... 1
turnera Posted August 27, 2012 Posted August 27, 2012 Shre forced me to wear a tuxedo and made me eat bad-tasting peas. Oh, no, not THAT! Call CPS! 1
Greznog Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Not true OP, even as a kid I enjoyed large formal events ( dinners, charity events, banquets ). I've always found it satisfying to be dressed in an outfit that cost about as much as the waiters make in a month.
DaisyLeigh1967 Posted September 3, 2012 Posted September 3, 2012 What, exactly, is wrong with teaching children how to behave in a formal setting? Kids should not always get to do what they want at all times. 3
Author El Brujo Posted September 6, 2012 Author Posted September 6, 2012 It squares with my observation that every human mother has an instinct to make her kid miserable.
GorillaTheater Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 Was your dad there? If it's any consolation, I can almost guarantee that he felt the same as you.
ASG Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 I've always liked to dress up! And if you don't try it, you can't know you don't like it.
january2011 Posted September 6, 2012 Posted September 6, 2012 They want (what they perceive to be) the best for you. You are the product of their insecurities, hopes and dreams and a source of both pride and failure. They may start by being more knowledgeable about the ways of the world than you. However, until you can turn around one day and say, "mom, I love you, but I'm not going to do that," and then follow through, you'll never be an adult in your eyes or hers. One day, when your mom has long gone, you will look back and give anything to have her back again, even if it meant wearing a tuxedo and eating bad-tasting peas.
Author El Brujo Posted September 7, 2012 Author Posted September 7, 2012 Was your dad there? If it's any consolation, I can almost guarantee that he felt the same as you. Yeah right... my old man was too busy fooling around with other women to be a dad. One day, when your mom has long gone, you will look back and give anything to have her back again, even if it meant wearing a tuxedo and eating bad-tasting peas. I'd only want her back again if God could take away her volcanic temper and give her some empathy instead. BTW I have to disagree with people who say kidhood is the best time of one's life. It certainly didn't hold true for me.
Radu Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 So ... when are you going to make your mom a grandmother ?
Author El Brujo Posted September 7, 2012 Author Posted September 7, 2012 So ... when are you going to make your mom a grandmother ? Never!!! Besides, she's 6 feet in the ground. Been there for 5 years. She can't complain.
standtall Posted September 7, 2012 Posted September 7, 2012 Yeah right... my old man was too busy fooling around with other women to be a dad. I'd only want her back again if God could take away her volcanic temper and give her some empathy instead. BTW I have to disagree with people who say kidhood is the best time of one's life. It certainly didn't hold true for me. And hence the source of your anger for this thread. Not all parents where as bad as yours.
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