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re: Do You Feel Like You Made Your Parents Proud?
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:57 pm to HoustonChick86
Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:57 pm to HoustonChick86
You're a dang good momma.
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Posted on 4/28/24 at 8:59 pm to Joshjrn
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If I would get around to giving them a grandkid, their lives would basically be complete
My mother complained about not having any one year at Christmas when we were all married but pretty young. She has 8 grandchildren now
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:01 pm to fallguy_1978
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:10 pm to Joshjrn
It’s difficult. My wife and I tried for kids the better part of a decade. We finally had twins prematurely, they were on room air and feeding tubes in NICU. My MIL looks at them and says ‘oh gosh xxxxx, I’m so disappointed, they aren’t going to be Cajun with those blue eyes and blond hair like you.’
I’m not here to impress people.
I’m not here to impress people.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:11 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Nope. Didn’t marry who they wanted me too, dropped out of college to get married (over 40 years and still going) didn’t want to take over the family business, etc, etc.
Buried my dad cause he died broke and wouldn’t listen, will probably do the same for my mother eventually.
Even after bailing him out on more than one occasion, I’m retiring this year with no debt and kids I see on a regular basis. So I’m fine being a disappointment in their eyes. I’m not in my wife and kids, which is what matters.
Buried my dad cause he died broke and wouldn’t listen, will probably do the same for my mother eventually.
Even after bailing him out on more than one occasion, I’m retiring this year with no debt and kids I see on a regular basis. So I’m fine being a disappointment in their eyes. I’m not in my wife and kids, which is what matters.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:15 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Financially/career wise, I far exceed my parents. Out of my three kids, I don't know if they will surpass me. I think dark days are coming over the next 50 years.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:26 pm to lnomm34
I lost my mom 4 years ago when she was 52. She never told me but she didn’t have to. Probably the most proud moment for her was when she got a granddaughter. She always joked with me that would make her the happiest. Hated she only got to spend 3 years with her.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:26 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes, I know for a fact I made them extremely proud.
Due to circumstances not of my doing around mid-college and beyond, I really didn’t give a damn what they thought about anything anymore. Still don’t.
Due to circumstances not of my doing around mid-college and beyond, I really didn’t give a damn what they thought about anything anymore. Still don’t.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:28 pm to SaintlyTiger88
No
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:29 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes. One of the first in the tree to go to college. I've done fairly well, stayed employed, saved my money, raised a fantastic family, never really took a dime from them once I was out of school and working.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:32 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:I've thought about this alot. As a father of 3 children, if mine wind up being net positive contributors to society, I'll consider myself a successful father in every sense of the word.
Do You Feel Like You Made Your Parents Proud?
Just contribute to your fellow man. That's all the world asks for, or needs: Just pull your load.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:57 pm to lnomm34
Sorry for your loss.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:05 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes and no, your parents should be the first line of making you a better person. They can be proud of moments but it should never be enough because they should want you to be even better.
I try to instill the same into my children, I'm proud of what you've accomplished, but it's not enough, strive for more.
I try to instill the same into my children, I'm proud of what you've accomplished, but it's not enough, strive for more.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
yes and they have told me so on many occasion.
i never set out to make them proud. i am who i am and that is it. take it or leave it. i have never understood people with parent complexes who feel like they must make there life measure up to some standard.
i never set out to make them proud. i am who i am and that is it. take it or leave it. i have never understood people with parent complexes who feel like they must make there life measure up to some standard.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 10:43 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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At this point in your life, do you feel like you made your parents proud?
Yes - my pops didn't live long enough to see it, he died when I was in my early 20s.
Had he lived as long as my mom did, I likely never would have achieved half of what I have.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:02 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I haven't even made myself proud. I've squandered my talents. Done much and produced little finished product, due to missing pieces of the puzzle I just do not posess.
I've worked all my life, in many roles, and once again find myself in a dead end job where they promise and promise but never deliver. And other things haven't seemed to pan out.
I don't have a bad life, but I'm not where I want. Im working 60 hour weeks and scraping by in this economy. I hate it. I hate myself a lot of the time that my work isn't providing better for my family.
I don't know where to go now.
I've worked all my life, in many roles, and once again find myself in a dead end job where they promise and promise but never deliver. And other things haven't seemed to pan out.
I don't have a bad life, but I'm not where I want. Im working 60 hour weeks and scraping by in this economy. I hate it. I hate myself a lot of the time that my work isn't providing better for my family.
I don't know where to go now.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:02 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I won’t say it’s something I ever thought much about. Just kind of assumed and took their approval and support for granted. I think they are proud of all of us. But I know they worry a lot and that sometimes factors into our decisions about how much to share with them. End of the day, as long as my parents are around I know I’m not allowed to give up. Because they worked too hard and all for us.
This post was edited on 4/28/24 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 4/28/24 at 11:15 pm to fr33manator
Hang in there Free. You’re my favorite poster with your prose and unique sense of humor.
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