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⌈ Secret Post #4354 ⌋

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Re: Just curious... do you think your parents were/are good parents?

[(Anonymous)]

well, my parents divorced when i was eight, so...

my mum; on the one hand she was a single mum trying to work a job and raise two kids who spent forever struggling in the face of adversity, and i respect her efforts and achievement on those grounds (even if it did mean virtually abandoning the two of us to more or less our own devices for at least three years)... but ultimately i almost think she was somebody who was beaten down by it eventually, especially with regard to her subsequent choice of partner, and i think i'd respect her even more if she'd come out stronger for it all than weaker

friends? no chance - except for biology, we have literally nothing in common; there's no shared interests or experiences, no real level on which we can communicate, nothing more than "hi, how's work, how's the other side of the planet (she emigrated a few years back, which is a story in itself), okay i'll speak to you again in another ten years" after which nothing will have changed

my dad; i love him dearly, but i've seen the way he's dealt with other kids; his own by his next partner, her previous kids, the kids of his next partner after that, the kids they subsequently adopted... and honestly, he's not that great at parenting - he's got me and my sister pushing 40, and my half brother pushing 30, and there's numerous other kids, and somehow he's managed to never spend much time dealing with any of us through the ages of about 12 through 17, and on the few occasions that he has it's never ended well; on top of that he's also looking to have his own bit of breathing space, particularly as he gets older, and dealing with kids isn't something he's enjoying or wanting to do

but friends-wise, we get on great; pretty much the exact opposite of my mother in that we can talk into the small hours about everything and nothing, we've got shared interests, shared ideas, things in common, things we can actually have fun with and talk about