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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
My parents did this to me when growing up.
Short of illegal things such as molestation and abuse, they did their best, sometimes they did crappy things, you are responsible for your life.
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As a parent, I agree with everything you said. You speak the truth. But I specifically heartily agree with the above cropped statement. Everyone tries to blame someone else for their own effed up lives. It's always because of what so and so did. And most often, so and so is mom or dad or step mom or step dad. And that pisses me off. People who blame their parents for screwing up their lives are pathetic. They're just looking for an excuse so they can sleep better at night. The funny thing is people spend untold sums of money on psychologists and mental health experts to try and make sense of their lives, and it seems like the psychological 'go-to' answer is always the parents.
My parents were far from perfect. No doubt about it. There are things they did and said that had a profound effect on who and what I am, but in the end I made the decisions. If I'm warped or unstable or weak or a failure, it's MY fault in the end, no anyone elses...