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Originally Posted by 33girl
See, this is what absolutely slays me about this generation. Even if we had cell phones in my college days and even if I had consumed the equivalent of an entire brewery, I don't think I would EVER be sloshed enough to send my dad a drunk text. That concept is beyond baffling!!! The most I ever did was after college when I moved back home, I called them to let them know I was staying with a girlfriend - who was actually a boyfriend, and I'm pretty sure they knew this, but were fine with me not saying so (preferred it, I'm sure).
This was in the paper yesterday and I thought it was really pertinent.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_588337.html |
Well, this response came quicker than I anticipated but I did anticipate it. I would never go so far as describing my relationship with my daughter as best friends or close friends. However, we are very close as far as mother/daughter relationships go. I enjoy the fact that she actually enjoys spending time with me and is interested in what I am doing and loves to share parts of her life with me. When she comes home for holidays she makes it a point to spend most of her time with her family, and not to be one of those kids who is home but never home. Is there something wrong with a parent and child enjoying each others company? So she sent me a text..big deal. This does not make her a co-dependent latent adolescent. The point was that one little text turned into an hour of anxiety and a night of muffin baking all because I, like most parents probably, started to imagine the worst case scenario when I didn't hear from her. I understand that you aren't able to talk with your parents about your private life, I'm the same way with my parents. The thing is, I always wished that I was able to talk with my parents about things that I was doing, things that were bothering me, or choices that I was faced with. While you may look at it as a way that it grew your independence, I always took it as more indifference to me and my life and that is why I never would have texted my parents, I just didn't think they cared enough.
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