incompletion is still seen as failure

[mudyh2o]

my dad still thinks im a failure. he hasnt been home in 10 days, i saw him MAYBE 10 minutes yesterday before i left, and i came home today he sat in my car and chewed me out for 20 mins b/c i'm such a damn failure at everything and i dont amount to anything... my birthday is wednesday and i'm not even going to get to be doing what i want to because

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[fadingscorpius]

tell him to fuck off. look, i'm tired of telling you over and over again that you're not a failure. i don't need to perpetually repeat myself because my opinions should have more weight than that. so listen, and listen very carefully:

your father is not you. therefore, his opinions on your relative success/failure in life have no value. YOU are the only one who can pass judgement on YOUR life. i am your friend. i am not friends with bad people, which means you are a good person, which means you are a success.

"go confidently in the direction of your dreams; live the life you've imagined." - thoreau

so there. this is your last warning. peace