Did you go against your parents wishes and succeeded in life?

Question

and were you glad you did?

Answer 1

NO

Answer 2

Yes.

My mom would like nothing more than to be a grandmother, and I'm her only married child, and not having kids. By the time my mom was my age, she'd had seven kids, several bouts of postpartum psychosis requiring hospitalization, trouble with persistent overweight, and adult-onset diabetes, whereas I have no kids and none of the above health problems. Nonetheless, she still can't understand why I don't want kids.

My father wanted me to stay in law school, but I dropped out and became a paralegal instead after the first year. Now all my student loans are paid off and I make as much as many associate attorneys.

We are not on earth to fulfill our parents' dreams.

Answer 3

My Parents wanted me to be a doctor. If you can imagine how difficult this was because I have a family full of physicians.
I went to grad school and realized that I HATED it. This was hard to go against my parents because their approval sustained my sense of self! Actually, I knew what I wanted to do for a long time and that was Teach...however I made it into the Medical field quit.....and Now I'm HAPPY with my new career as a teacher and have a new sense of self!!!
Success for me is not defined with how much money (plus we already are wealthy) I get.......It never had but I listened to everyone and thought that THAT was the way......Instead I listened to myself and am successful because I enjoy what I do and can wake up everyday HAPPY and not stressed out and worn out :)

Answer 4

Yes, if you really will succeed. But be sure you examine why your parents don't want you to go down your chosen path. Is it for valid good reasons, that maybe you won't succeed. Is there a large potential for you to lose out in the end. And lose a lot. I don't know the circumstances, but you do. Look at it carefully, and then do what is truly best.

Good Luck, you have a hard choice to make.

Answer 5

My parents always pushed me to go to college, beause they never did and think their lives are miserable because they don't have high paying jobs. They wanted me to be an overacheiver, and marry into a rich family. I am going against their wishes completely because it makes me happy. If you do what you want, and it's nothing shameful and/or illegal, go for it. If they don't like it, it's their tough luck. If you follow a path in life that they set for you and you don't want, you will regret it forever.

Answer 6

I wouldn't say their wishes - but I certainly went against their actions. I succeeded to the extent I have in spite of their poor attempts at parenting.

Answer 7

I got tattoos and piercings and lived
I listened to the "bad" music they banned and I am a normal adult
I snuck out at night and didnt get murdered
I smoked pot and didnt get addicted or put in jail or waste my life
I had pre-marital sex and had a baby at 18 - I didnt have a normal teenage life, I am a single mom and struggle to support us
You have to really choose what wishes you are going to go against

Answer 8

I enlisted in the USAF right out of high school ,my Mother wanted me to go collage and for years she would say to me ( while nodding her head)''your going to go to collage right", I'd reply yeah sure Mom. Finally after about 18 years( LOL) I told her that I wasn't. I retired from the AF at 38, and retired for good at 41. I guess you could call that succeeding.
My Mom wasn't dumb, she knew I was only humoring her, she still hoped i would go to collage.

Answer 9

Yes, I did. I quit college, got pregnant and married my boyfriend who was in the Army. Oh they hated it. Oh it wasn't what was planned for their daughter.

I am very happy today. We've been married 17 years have 4 kids. He's went from being a army private to being a P. A. making 103,000 a year. We own a house, nice cars, aren't in debt etc. I've completed my degree and am a stay at home Mom currently.

My mother still mourns my bad decision making! My Dad's dead--I'm sure my family blames me! LOL

Answer 10

I changed my faith nearly 16 years ago.
I had premarital sex.
I decided not to marry or have children.
I left a "secure" corporate job I hated and found a great one working for a nonprofit agency, that would allow me to spend more time and energy on my writing.

And I'm doing just fine, thank you!

Answer 11

Yes. My father was very old fashioned and believed women should be barefoot and pregnant, then stay at home taking care of their family. I did the opposite and right now I'm having my new home built.