It seems, at times, that no one ever lives up to their parents' expectations. I was never certain what my parents wanted of me. They were convinced , mainly by short-sighted school administrators, that I would never graduate college. I graduated *** Laude with a degree in English, but that didn't seem to impress them much. I went to New York City after I graduated, got a job and made friends. That didn't impress them either, since it was just a "survival" job, not a career. I came back to California, quickly found another job and an apartment. Again, their reaction was lackluster. Throughout my career as a paralegal, their enthusiasm was less than what I'd expected. I think my father was proud of my accomplishments before he died, but I'm not sure. He certainly never told me he was proud of anything I did. Now Mom is going senile and I don't think she's very proud of me either, despite my finding a good job recently. Can we ever please our parents?
2007-03-11 23:39:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I think you need to stop trying to impress your parents and if they don't think whatever you do is good enough well they they don't deserve to be parents. Being grown-up and caring about your children more than you care about your self that's what parenthood is..
2007-03-12 02:42:59 · answer #1 · answered by 'Cause I'm Blonde 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father: definite My mom: No My father does not provide a f*ck what I do with my existence, so i'm extraordinarily specific his expectancies are low. My mom wanted me to graduate and visit varsity to accomplish a little lame table activity that i may be depressing with, as a exchange of working to grow to be a tattoo artist which in touch falling by the wayside of highschool and taking inner maximum artwork training.
2016-09-30 13:32:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but one thing you need to remember is you need to be proud of yourself for your accomplishments. Parents always want better for their kids and probably want it all for you so although it may seem like they aren't impressed, they probably more proud than you'll know. A paralegal can always come in handy in a family to answer questions, that knowledge is worth a lot. :o)
2007-03-12 00:25:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what my parents expected of me but I am happy and thats all that they wanted. They always just wanted to raise happy and healthy sane kids woth morals and thats what they got. My parents find pride in the small things and never pushed us to be what we were not. Your parents might not say it to you but I am sure that they brag/bragged to their friends about you. Thats way better than one announcement of pride.
2007-03-12 00:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think we could ever please them...but sometimes theyre right and sometimes they don't realise that we need to live our lives. Hey im doing paralegal also. My parents are way too strict with me and i can't wait to move out. Our parents are trying to live out their dreams through us which is paranoid i think....don't they know that we have lives too....
2007-03-12 01:55:07 · answer #5 · answered by WHATEVER!!` 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parents always wish tht v reach a gud level n i guess ur parents dont find da job wich uve taken 2 b gud for ya.
2007-03-12 00:59:34 · answer #6 · answered by @LpHi!i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not if you had my parents..god himself couldnt pls my parents..and once i realized that i couldnt pls them i realized it wasnt all that important to have their acceptance..i realized i had to be happy with me...and thats all that mattered
2007-03-12 02:01:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋