Not just one. My Mum is Northern Irish and my Da is Icelandic Viking type. They are both immigrants to the US as teens. Two very, very strong personalities. And both my brothers too. I know people think I’m kinda mouthy and loud but I’m the most subdued one in my family. lol
My adoptive father was a retired Marine Colonel. He did 2 years as a drill Sargent while his wounds healed . To say he was a strong personality would be an understatement. He trained me like a “boot” , but never raised his voice or his hand to me. I was daddy’s girl . Mom was a retired college professor. I was partially illiterate at 11 when they adopted me . She and her colleagues taught me how to learn, how to study, and how to test . School happened everyday, all year, until I was accepted into college riding a foundation of knowledge that I still use today . She was a bit more of a fireball. Neither of them accepted anything but my best , and gave me everything. They were the best examples I could have grown up with .
Yes. My mother. And pretty much every woman on the maternal side of my family. All of them somehow mange to be simultaneously strong and gentle.
This November it will be thirteen years since I lost my Mother and not a day has gone by when I haven't felt as if my heart was wrenched out of my body.
Ugh.. my father and a couple friends over the years. I respect those friends, but I can only be around them in small doses. My father however gets belligerent about it. The thing I noticed about, at least the people I know, is that their strong personalities seem to get in the way of them experiencing joy. they complain a lot and are rarely in a good mood for longer than fleeting moments.
Charismatic people fascinate me. Of course, because of some traumatic stuff that’s happened, I’m also very leery of them 😅 i’m sure good natured, charismatic people exist somewhere. I just haven’t met one. @JustGoneNow
@WhateverWorks you’d love my Mum. I used to be a lot like that too back when I was in my bands and stuff but after adult onset of some pretty severe mental illness, my anxiety gets in the way now.
Well my father was an NCO in the RCAF. Funny story time. When I was a kid the principal at my school actually requested my father not show up in uniform because they were intimidated by him.
That can go either way. 🤔 You call for backup because your mother is so crazy you need it, or you call for backup because you can’t handle arresting your own mother.
Everyone has a strong personality compared to me irl.
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Yes i did live with my mother for some time as a kid. She is a very strong willed person, but not in a bad way. Definitely learned from her, what it is like to be determined not to let life get me down.
I'm more a strong personality than either of my parents, or my siblings. I'm easygoing most of the time but a totally ruthless bastard when I need to be
I am surrounded by strong personalities. Both parents were strong personalities too at their time Though i look tough, i think i an the softest of the lot! 😀
Gawd, yes. My mother. She and my youngest sister are the only two extroverts in our family. My father has a strong personality, too, but it’s a quiet strength. But both could stop us in our tracks with a look. Mom’s, controlled fury, Pop’s, disappointment.
