Comments | ellarella: I can't believe I'm posting this... I guess, as they say, "The Jig is Up"

ellarella

I can't believe I'm posting this... I guess, as they say, "The Jig is Up"

Sep 09, 2004 07:17

Well, the sun's up now. My mom just came in here and told me that this song used to be "her vacuuming piece" when she was a kid. And offered to make me breakfast. And now I'm crying ( Read more... )

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eli0000 September 9 2004, 09:42:34 UTC

not I. I'm reading it right now.

you'll have time. many people don't come to that conclusion until years later, until perhaps it too late. you'll move out of that "teenager" mentality and you'll grow with your mother. I wouldn't bash yourself for it, instead see it as something you'd like to improve. It will happen if you allow it.

feel better.

lyrane September 9 2004, 21:16:31 UTC

I feel like, though my parents and I had totally intertwined lives for many years, as in we spent most of our free time together, I've never really been close to them, that while I understand them so far as how they effect me, I don't understand them. Unfortunately, that doesn't make me relish the steadily increasing amounts of independence any less. I think that only very few people really get close to their parents. At least you're better than mother-daughter relationships who exist only at PTA meetings and dinner tables.

imabird September 9 2004, 21:24:54 UTC

Ella,
I love you! We've had this conversation before. And you know me. I want to be there for you. Always! Like when we were on the phone and you said you got into something and I just wanted to give you a hug. I miss you ella. Your entry was so heart felt and I blow you kisses from the opposite side of the world. I know I can't say anything to make you feel better about the situation, but know I love you because you are an amazing person. And if you ever need to hear that, you have my number. Eventhough I call you like everyother day....euheueh haha. LOVE!!!
alyssa

somethingsmelly September 10 2004, 13:54:08 UTC

here's the deal: Kids rarely get to know there parents for the people they actaully are, but rather as "parents". Only later when you leave home and start to figure out your own life do you realize what amazing people your parents are. You have nothing to worry about, in fact you are ahead of schedule. I am just starting to realize how incredible my Dads life is/was, my mom is still pesky. So don't worry or feel guilty, you have the rest of your life to perfect your relationship with your parents.

doubleaadogg September 10 2004, 17:31:24 UTC

I guess I see it totally different. Maybe it is just the type of family I am in, but I know my parents really well and you probably do too. Part of the reason many seem to think they don't know their parents very well is because compared to how well they know us, we know jack shit about them, but they had an unfair advantage, they are older and have lived longer- they have a vast amount history than we do. I don’t think that counts though because nobody knows you like your parents- I my grandma could tell when my uncle needed to poop even when he was forty (he is a completely normal guy ( ... )