“Be the adult you needed as a child.”

I read this somewhere and it made me stop and think for a long time.

I am thankful for kind of parents I’ve been blessed with and the kind t childhood memories they have given me.

I just wonder though if I am the kind of adult I’d have preferred to have as a child. It’s the kind of question that makes one look deeply into the family dynamics of what was and what could be.

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JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

Yeah, my parents fell short in some respects with my life education, as did schools.

Like when I got sick and had to deal with my insurance company. My father berated me for not knowing how things work. I replied that you never taught me this growing up, and we never covered it in school. I was not born knowing it. Sheesh. I also said, why act like that? Why not just teach me how it is?

I want to not be the pain in the ass that my father was and still is.

As for health insurance, I suppose I could defect to Canada. I wish it were tropical, though.

CookieCrumbs · F

@JoyfulSilence
Your Canada comment made me smile. It’s cold here and we live in igloos. 😅

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

@CookieCrumbs

It is below freezing right now. But sunny. My back car window had ice crystals on it.

I am out early for a doctor appointment. But I am at Dunkin' Donuts right now for breakfast, first.