SnarkShark
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I can't stand Pearlman, but I'm glad @Songbird revived this thread. I missed it the first time around and it is fantastic.
I wish my parents were happier. My mom has been an unhappy person my entire life. I didn't help, of course, being the asshole teenager I was, but her upbringing of abuse ruined her for the rest of her life. If she got help she could get better, but she'll never admit she has a problem.
My father, who has been tasked with dealing with an eternally unhappy person, struggled with anxiety when I was young, got help, and got better. But a shift in his career in his sixties has soured a lot of that, and the anxiety is creeping in again. Luckily he has the tools to deal with it after years of therapy, but I worry about him every day.
They both had really shirtty upbringings and I respect the heck out of them for dealing with that as well as they have, all things considered.
They love me, though, and I need to make more of an effort to see them, because it makes them happier, I think. Most importantly they love my little boy more than anything in this world and nothing brightens them up like he does. He's very lucky to have that love, and I hope he appreciates it when he gets older.
I wish my parents were happier. My mom has been an unhappy person my entire life. I didn't help, of course, being the asshole teenager I was, but her upbringing of abuse ruined her for the rest of her life. If she got help she could get better, but she'll never admit she has a problem.
My father, who has been tasked with dealing with an eternally unhappy person, struggled with anxiety when I was young, got help, and got better. But a shift in his career in his sixties has soured a lot of that, and the anxiety is creeping in again. Luckily he has the tools to deal with it after years of therapy, but I worry about him every day.
They both had really shirtty upbringings and I respect the heck out of them for dealing with that as well as they have, all things considered.
They love me, though, and I need to make more of an effort to see them, because it makes them happier, I think. Most importantly they love my little boy more than anything in this world and nothing brightens them up like he does. He's very lucky to have that love, and I hope he appreciates it when he gets older.