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07/23/2009 12:26 AM
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07/23/2009 12:31 AM
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07/23/2009 12:35 AM
sjk1010 wrote: Can I borrow them please? They don't happen to want another kid to help pay for grad school do they?
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07/23/2009 12:37 AM
07/23/2009 12:39 AM
BrightGreenEyes47 wrote: Any refusal to do anything my parents ask of me follows with this response, "I give you everything and you no want to help me." Not sure if my quote brings across the fact that my parents immigrated But yes, I completely empathize with that
07/23/2009 12:49 AM
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07/23/2009 1:01 AM
exclusivehoodie wrote: sjk1010 wrote: Can I borrow them please? They don't happen to want another kid to help pay for grad school do they? I will gladly switch positions with you. You can deal with their overbearing attitudes.
07/23/2009 1:11 AM
exclusivehoodie wrote: Right. Ugh. And I feel stupid complaining about this because it makes me sound spoiled or like some kind of snob. But it's just one of those things that people don't understand unless they had parents like that or grew up in a household where money wasn't an issue. Blah.
07/23/2009 1:29 AM
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07/23/2009 1:32 AM
XxBlondeshavemorefunxX wrote: My parents give me a guilt trip about mostly everything too. I think it's universal with parents.
07/23/2009 1:38 AM
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07/23/2009 1:42 AM
07/23/2009 1:46 AM
XxBlondeshavemorefunxX wrote: Why don't you tell them "No, thank you. I appreciate it but you always rub these kinds of things in my face afterwards." Sometimes you have to be as direct and honest as possible even if it isn't pretty.
exclusivehoodie wrote: Exactly. And I'm not trying to place blame here or anything but I feel like my parents were enablers and I would have been a lot more self sufficient at an earlier age if they would have just laid off. The one thing I can take away from it is that I know how I won't raise my kids.
07/23/2009 1:50 AM
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07/23/2009 1:59 AM
BrightGreenEyes47 wrote: For me it's just a matter of moving out once I'm done school and have found a job and being sure that I never have to go to them (hopefully) for help in the future
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