Bi-Polar Bear wrote:my parents weren't equipped for parenting either Chai and if I didn't fear being scolded by snood I could tell you a couple of stories that would make your hair stand up.
It's a wonder some of us function as adults in the real world at all.
oooooo.....Tell, Tell!!!!
I don't always see telling these "I can't believe that happened" stuff as a negative, or feeling sorry for yourself. Like you said, it can be a tribute that we came out all right.
I don't hold any anomosity (anymore) toward my mother...We all make our own lives, and can break away from the ways we wrere taught. I did. On the other hand, I don't hold to this "Oh...he/she didn't know any better and were doing the best they could"
Frankly, neither of my parents did the best they could, and they knew it, but didn't want it called to their attention.
So, raise my hair.
