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How many of you do not know your parents or have not seen one or the other for a
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:05 am
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:05 am
...long time (10-15+ years)?
My mother died when I was eleven, and I have not seen or spoken to my father since I was sixteen. I am currently thirty-seven. For me, it has been awhile.
The purpose of this question:
I am writing a short story that centers around a man who grew up in a community of people who were abandoned or left home at an early age. They go through certain memory-altering processes...but some later return to their former memories..../spoilers...(lol)
I am looking for a little inspiration for a few characters. I thought I might find some interesting ideas here.
Who wants to help? Would you share your story? I am not looking to steal your history...just looking for inspiration. Go!
Edited to fix the date/age mix up. It's not the first time I have done that.
My mother died when I was eleven, and I have not seen or spoken to my father since I was sixteen. I am currently thirty-seven. For me, it has been awhile.
The purpose of this question:
I am writing a short story that centers around a man who grew up in a community of people who were abandoned or left home at an early age. They go through certain memory-altering processes...but some later return to their former memories..../spoilers...(lol)
I am looking for a little inspiration for a few characters. I thought I might find some interesting ideas here.
Who wants to help? Would you share your story? I am not looking to steal your history...just looking for inspiration. Go!
Edited to fix the date/age mix up. It's not the first time I have done that.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 10:47 am
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:08 am to lsufan9193969700
quote:
I have not seen or spoken to my father since I was sixteen.
why? is he still alive? Was he a deadbeat?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:11 am to lsufan9193969700
My parents were killed in a car accident 2 weeks after my first birthday. I have zero memory of them. I was raised my maternal grandmother from that time until she died a few months before my 15th birthday. After she passed I drifted from home to home until I graduated HS and joined the army.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:11 am to lsufan9193969700
it's been 9193969700 days for me 
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:25 am to lsufan9193969700
My father passed away 20 years ago. One day several years ago, my wife asked me a question that I had never thought about. She asked me if when I think of my dad, do I vision him the way he looked when he died, or do I see him as an older person like he had aged over the years. I had never thought about that, but I definitely only think of him the way he looked 20 years ago. I had never even thought about him aging if he was still alive.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:38 am to lsufan9193969700
My mother passed away 14 years ago from cancer and I just recently saw my dad at my grandmothers funeral for the first time in 8 years. I cut off my relationship with my dad when I got sober because he is an alcoholic with a pain pill addiction. Him and my stepmom are the most drama filled people I know and I stay away from shite like that these days.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 9:19 am to lsufan9193969700
My parents were killed in a car crash on December 21st, 2000. I was 11, 4 days before Christmas. My parents were on the way home from my Father's office Christmas party when they were hit by a drunk driver. Killed my father upon impact, Mom died on the way to the hospital. My maternal grandmother took me in and raised me as her own. I'll be 25 next month. Not a day goes by that I don't think about them.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 12:18 pm to lsufan9193969700
I have a great relationship with my parents but my wife has not talked to her mom in over 8+ years.
6 years ago they were driving from Vegas to El Paso/Juarez (Yes they are messicans), MIL was driving and the tire blew out, the grandmother was flown from the van and van rolled over on her (no seatbelt) and of course died on impact.
Wife's mother was a normal hardworking, family oriented lady, after that she put the blame on herself for everything and got hooked on pain pills.
Wife and I did everything we could to help including giving more money than we should (ended up going to more pills in the long run). We finally said screw it and stopped. Basically told her keep it up and you won't see your daughter. I think my wife is at peace with it, although I can tell it hurts her sometimes.
She will call me everyonce in a while and leave a message and she sounds so out of it. Sucks seeing how pills can ruin someone.
6 years ago they were driving from Vegas to El Paso/Juarez (Yes they are messicans), MIL was driving and the tire blew out, the grandmother was flown from the van and van rolled over on her (no seatbelt) and of course died on impact.
Wife's mother was a normal hardworking, family oriented lady, after that she put the blame on herself for everything and got hooked on pain pills.
Wife and I did everything we could to help including giving more money than we should (ended up going to more pills in the long run). We finally said screw it and stopped. Basically told her keep it up and you won't see your daughter. I think my wife is at peace with it, although I can tell it hurts her sometimes.
She will call me everyonce in a while and leave a message and she sounds so out of it. Sucks seeing how pills can ruin someone.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:31 pm to lsufan9193969700
quote:
How many of you do not know your parents or have not seen one or the other for a
...long time (10-15+ years)?
My mom died just before I turned 6, so I really have no memories of her. That was never really an issue for me until I had kids, and I realized that so much of what I was enjoying of them, she must have enjoyed with me...and I can;t remember any of it. Plus, if something were to have happened to me, my boys who I adore and who adore me would likely have had just as few memories of me as I had of my mom. It's why, I'm sure, I've set my work up in such a was so as to spend as much time with time as I can.
My Dad died 12 years ago but we had a great relationship.
I'm 44. I'm guessing quite a few older posters will fit this pattern mostly due to age.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 3:51 pm to lsufan9193969700
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