March 28, 2008

•     After having a lengthy discussion with my uncle about my dad I began to realize that I had not put myself in my dads shoes, so to speak. I realized that the way he grew up had a lasting impression on how he acted towards us and that telling him all his faults would just aggravate the situation and that he wouldn't change. I like to think that people change but I get the impression that the older people get the more they become set in their ways. I guess that I haven't been contributing to the house as I ought to and that might be one of thee reasons that I get hounded by him.  My uncle told me that the more I contribute the more respect I get from my parents. It's strange I always thought that if you gave respect you got in in return. Sometimes it feels like a one way street with parents, almost like it's impossible to do good by them. I'm not going to stress it so much anymore. You can't choose your parents and I guess learning to deal with them one way or another is part of growing up. All this anger and resentment I hold is not doing me any good. I think I need to deal with my problems first before I talk to my dad about all this.

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