Do you ever try so hard to please your parents, and no matter how good you do, it never seems to be enough?
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No, my parents are always proud of me. I made my mom dinner and she was so impressed...I'm 25 it's not that hard to make dinner. lol
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Sometimes the disapproving look on my mothers's face can still shrivel me and I am 50ish.
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I did when I was little but then you grow up and you just can't hold to that. You are your own person with your own life to lead. Sometimes those paths lead you down roads they don't understand.
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yes i have, and it never worked before and never will work in the future-so i dont bother. its best that you just go along and enjoy this one and only life you have and stop worrying about your parents input. your an adult, its time to step up and be one. good luck. -but ill tell ya what really isnt enough, thinking about good times in your childhood when everything felt safe, and everything seemed so right. when you were truly happy and worry free. those times are pricless and i would go back for an eternity to enjoy those moments again.
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Yes untill I realized why it wasn't enough. Now I don't bother much.
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My mother had high expectations. I think that she was proud of all that I accomplished but sometimes she didn't voice her thoughts.
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The story of when I was younger. :(
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My dad was pretty much impossible to please. He was always angry and upset with my sister and I all the time. Glad my mom is finally divorcing him - after he cheated on her a million times. My mom...she's a tough one. I feel like my mom compares me to my sister. I feel like, because I did things she doesn't approve of, I'm not as good as my sister. And what makes matters worse is that my mom thinks that my sister has more "issues" with my father than I do! She's always making comments about how it's so much harder for my sister than it was for me. Which is a bunch of BS. I had to put up with my dad's crap for 24 years. My sister only had to for 18. Even a few family members have commented on how he treated me worse than he treated my sister - she was always his favorite, though he still didn't treat her very nicely either, but much better than I was treated. Ugh. Parents claim that they love and treat all siblings the same but it's really a lie.
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