Posted by Damos on September 19, 2005, at 17:51:33
In reply to Just venting, posted by Angela2 on September 19, 2005, at 12:25:23
If your olds are anything like mine; what you see as angry could very well just be frustration. I still see it in mine. They want so very much for us to be happy and successful and getting everything we want out of life. And when they see that not happening and don't know what to do to help it hurts and frustrates them. My mum actually said to me once; "You're so frustrating it's infuriating." Nothing's changed on that score.
Also, because they can't know what it's like to be us, they interpret what they see and here through the filters of their own beliefs and values, their experiences at our age and the perceptions of the 'advantages we have that maybe they didn't. Hence your mum's comments about work.
Just take good care of you okay.
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