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Originally Posted by merylsilverburg
I may come off as arrogant for what I'm about to say but: in my case, I don't need to bear my own children nor do I need to age more in order to understand what my mother/parents go through. God, I act like exactly like my mother...I lecture like her, I become worried/concerned like her, I provide advice like her...and some people my age have even thought of me as "motherly" which really just seals the deal, eh? LOL
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I don't know though. Without meaning to sound patronising and without knowing the situation, I always used to look at my parents and think I could understand the way their minds work, the burdens they've carried or the problems I've caused them, but now it's been about three years since I last lived at home, I've grown used to the problems of adult society and have become far more understanding as to the reality of the life they have lived.
Parents are flawed creatures with all the problems we have, despite the fact we want them to be perfect deep down in our hearts, they will let us down and they will upset us and act selfishly. I sometimes wonder if we all remain as children deep down, unable to really process and deal with things like cooking, paying bills and having somewhere nice to live with a cat and a good book. Certainly though, my experiences of family have convinced me never to become a father, I'd hate to destroy the sheer love and respect a child would hold me in the way it inevitably would happen. I'm sorry, kinda off topic rant again.
Carry on guys!