About this deal
You don’t realize that other families can and are horribly fucked up or immensely better than yours unless you have knowledge of them.
He never seemed to do anything bad to her, but I later come to understand what I had missed with age; my dad wasn’t a saint. The recipe for his dad’s smoothie with the most important ingredient, cinnamon, you know, the powder?
This has brought me back from the edge multiple times, that despite how miserable you are others would be devastated to lose you. How you behave in front of them and to each member of the family is key to their growth as human beings and their understanding of relationships. As her skills get better I begin thinking that she would have more fun if she had more challenging things to do.
It used to be said that “father knew best” and, if your dad happens to be a smart, kind, well-adjusted man who nurtured and supported you during your formative years, this may be true. It wasn’t the point, I said, a loan was a loan and you can’t just change the terms of what was agreed upon.
I know they were trying to be supportive to their kids (maybe as a reply to their own parents’ lack of support? You don’t have to distract yourself away from it, either by giving away your child or picking up your phone.