2007-12-18 01:28:58 · 23 answers · asked by Wide Awake 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i'm trying hard to think barb my parents aren't perfect but they tried their best , maybe they should have more of a social life , my dads retired now and my mum can't work cos she has chronic arthritis, most of their friends have died , so they don't have much company , although they will have mine and the kids over chrimbo and new year , i just wish their quality of life were greater xxx
2007-12-18 05:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by ♥BEX♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well Barb my father forced me to leave school at age 15 and wouldn't let me take my 'O' levels (it's called something different now I think!). I was told by the Headmaster that I could make University. My father didn't believe in education for women, his answer was 'you will get married and have children'. I begged, pleaded and cried to no avail. My life could have been so different but I suspect that the life I have had was my path. I did go on in my 40s to gain a B.A Hons Degree with the Open University - too late really but at least I proved I could do it. xx
2007-12-18 04:01:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wish I could undo the Parkinson's disease that my mum has developed and I wish I could undo all the years of stubbornness in my dad because he was determined to complete so many things before he died even though he suffered great pain for many years
2007-12-18 03:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by nanny chris w 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely nothing... my parents are not perfect, but I know they always worked very hard and did the best they were able to do. The "faults" and mistakes they made were no where near as terrible as a lot of the stuff some people have to put up with. I know they always did things with sincerity. No they didn't get it right all the time, but as an adult you look back and appreciate things you were not able to at the time. I think parents get blamed for far too much. As adults we have to accept responsibility for how you are now, not blame parents for mistakes made 20 + years ago.
2007-12-18 01:58:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
When I was in high school, I fell on the gym floor and hurt my tailbone. My mother insisted it was just "bruised" and would heal. 6 Months later, I could barely walk b/c of the intense pain, was always crying, so, I went to the chiropractor. I had fractured my tailbone and it healed incorrectly.
Because of that injury and it not healing correctly, I have a back of someone twice my age (i'm 25). I have severe disc degeneration between my L4/L5 and it's comparable to the back of a 50 year old. I have to see the chiropractor weekly (or else I throw my back out), can "slip my disc" easily causing me to miss work, and am almost always tender and in pain, I can't lift much either.
Yep...that's what I would have changed...
2007-12-18 01:49:45 · answer #5 · answered by Digital_13 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The honest answer is a difficult one to type. The raping of my sisters by my father. I find it extremely frightening how often a fellow human being can ignore the consequences of such a horrific act.
2007-12-18 03:21:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
only one thing, that's it. I wish I could undo about 1000 things my parents did :(
2007-12-18 01:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by chrissybaby_20 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My mother was very judgmental and I find that I have to watch myself because I can be that way too.
2007-12-18 01:43:01 · answer #8 · answered by judyarb1945 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would not have moved from the city to a suburb.
2007-12-18 05:48:13 · answer #9 · answered by Bailey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some times I wish they never made me but thats only on my down days,
2007-12-18 01:33:45 · answer #10 · answered by kimble 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋