If there was one thing you wish your parents had supported of you, what was it?
For me, I wish they had bought me a guitar when I asked for one at age 15
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indyjoe · 56-60, M
Too numerous to mention them all actually. They were too busy supporting their "golden child"...my adopted brother (and still are/do).They don't even as much as give me a call to wish me a happy birthday (because they 'forgot'), but they never forget to travel 50 miles to take him out to dinner for his. Does this give you some idea?
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Phire1 · 51-55, F
@indyjoe I have siblings but wasn't raised with them. My dad was a "busy" man in his day (haha). I wish I could have had a sister or brother that I was raised with but I was an "only child," technically. My bio-mother moved 1500 miles away when I was about 4 yrs old. She had another kid. I've felt jilted about that. She never contacted me but claimed she tried. I found her when I was 19 yrs old, living 1500 miles away. Strange ordeals, but they happen.
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@BiKeyWest It's not so much "good son/bad son" (though they do seem more impressed with him). What has always gotten me is that I am their only natural child and he isn't even blood related...not wrong in itself. But due to complications my mom had with me and left her unable to have any more kids, he became the child they could never have and I was kind of pushed to the background. Oh well, it is what it is.
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indyjoe · 56-60, M
@Phire1 There were many times I wished I was an only child when growing up. He has turned out to be a major a-hole and we do not have a very good relationship (To be honest I only stay cordial to him because of my parents). Don't get me wrong, I've tried to develop a good relationship with him, but he just can't stop screwing it up (he's just too arrogant and spoiled even at age 47)....my wife tried to give him a chance, but she just can't stand him (and she hates the way my parents are toward me and favor him). I've come to accept that it's just not going to change as long as my parents are living, and once they're gone I'm done with him. I don't mean to sound so cold.
Phire1 · 51-55, F
@indyjoe I can understand being cordial to family members just because they're family. I've done that a lot, but that shit gets old. I am glad that you tried. It's really damn hard. I don't think you're being "cold" but blunt and saying how you feel and think about it. Family, imo, are sometimes the hardest people to deal with
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@BiKeyWest You just described me...the only exception was I wasn't the one with anger issues, I was just always jealous of him (according to them). My dad likes to tell the "story" of how they had him sleeping on the sofa as a baby and I jerked him off into the floor. I have a lot of memories from when I was 4-5 years old but I have no recollection whatsoever of that one (because it never happened)...he even told that one to my wife when she came to dinner the first time when we were dating.