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lafemmefatale · 08-31-2003, 10:35 PM

What is it? Do they embarrass you? Control you? Illogical and unfair at best? Did they divorce and leave you traumatized [not taken lightly of course]? Or was it something atrocious like abuse? Do you wish they were smarter, dumber, cooler, hotter[um...], richer, poorer, etc etc?

Mine?
I love my parents deeply and we get along usually, but when it comes to what I want to do with my life academically and professionally, it's really ridiculous to even talk about it. It may be because I'm an only child [not spoilt though...I think/hope] but here they are, expecting me to go to harvard on a scholarship and graduate with a medical degree in a yr and win the nobel prize, but all I really want to do is get through university and land myself a job and take it day by day. Money and security are not my major concerns. There are things i want to own but it's not that significant, nor do i want to spend my life never having to worry, security breeds laziness imo. It seems like a small deal, and everyone has a prob like this but it embitters me sometimes and every month or so I have a monstrous fight with my mom about it. [it goes deeper than that, but that's the basic problem]

So. How about you guys?

08-31-2003, 10:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
lafemmefatale Insane Location: Vancouver	Got a beef with your parents? What is it? Do they embarrass you? Control you? Illogical and unfair at best? Did they divorce and leave you traumatized [not taken lightly of course]? Or was it something atrocious like abuse? Do you wish they were smarter, dumber, cooler, hotter[um...], richer, poorer, etc etc? Mine? I love my parents deeply and we get along usually, but when it comes to what I want to do with my life academically and professionally, it's really ridiculous to even talk about it. It may be because I'm an only child [not spoilt though...I think/hope] but here they are, expecting me to go to harvard on a scholarship and graduate with a medical degree in a yr and win the nobel prize, but all I really want to do is get through university and land myself a job and take it day by day. Money and security are not my major concerns. There are things i want to own but it's not that significant, nor do i want to spend my life never having to worry, security breeds laziness imo. It seems like a small deal, and everyone has a prob like this but it embitters me sometimes and every month or so I have a monstrous fight with my mom about it. [it goes deeper than that, but that's the basic problem] So. How about you guys?