Maybe our parents were RIGHT

cowfishrule

cowfishrule

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When you're young, you think your parents are "out of touch" or that they don't understand our modern problems.
Then... you get a little older, and you realize that maybe they weren't all that out of touch after all.
Do you tell 'em? Have you ever called up your mom/dad and said "I get it now. I see what you were trying to tell me."
I never took school seriously like they told me to. I blazed through high school, and just barely got through college. I look at my bro-in-law, 6 years younger, and making $30k more than I am.
Maybe they were right...
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2571144
When you're young, you think your parents are "out of touch" or that they don't understand our modern problems.
Then... you get a little older, and you realize that maybe they weren't all that out of touch after all.
Do you tell 'em? Have you ever called up your mom/dad and said "I get it now. I see what you were trying to tell me."
I never took school seriously like they told me to. I blazed through high school, and just barely got through college. I look at my bro-in-law, 6 years younger, and making $30k more than I am.
Maybe they were right...
Nope, you just forgot to move out of Jersey!!!!!
 
m0nk

m0nk

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Personally, I don't know that I could give my dad the ego bump... he's already got a pretty big head. I also know that my mom was wrong, she always said I'd never get a job making any $ if I never finished college, and I make more than 2 of my sisters who both have masters degrees. Of course I hate what I do, but so do they.
 
bigarn

bigarn

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In some cases they were right ..... the older you get the more you'll realize it.
And I'm from Jersey!
 
sciknen

sciknen

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i kinda agree...i mean im only 20 and my parents know more then me..they have more experience..but i dont care if i make 8 dollars an hour for the rest of my life as long as im doing what i love...im trying to be a fire fighter now and they dont make a fortune, its a job you love to do..not the money you love
 
matt b

matt b

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Originally Posted by m0nk
http:///forum/post/2571210
Personally, I don't know that I could give my dad the ego bump... he's already got a pretty big head. I also know that my mom was wrong, she always said I'd never get a job making any $ if I never finished college, and I make more than 2 of my sisters who both have masters degrees. Of course I hate what I do, but so do they.

Tottaly off topic but I HATE it when people say you have to go to college to get a good job.
 
fats71

fats71

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Originally Posted by m0nk
http:///forum/post/2571210
Personally, I don't know that I could give my dad the ego bump... he's already got a pretty big head. I also know that my mom was wrong, she always said I'd never get a job making any $ if I never finished college, and I make more than 2 of my sisters who both have masters degrees. Of course I hate what I do, but so do they.


A story of being 10 and waking up at 4 a.m. so dad comes in and says wake up son it is time for your paper route. The son says but dad i hate this and the father replied... Son if you liked it than it would be a hobby.
 
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alexmir

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I do tell them very often, im extremely close to my parents, so talk to them about personal stuff pretty often.
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Originally Posted by alexmir
http:///forum/post/2573259
I do tell them very often, im extremely close to my parents, so talk to them about personal stuff pretty often.
You tell them that they were right or wrong? There is a large generation gap between my parents and I. I am the youngest of five. I am 28 and my oldest brother is 42. Not so with my own son. He can't get away with anything because I recall, all too well, what it was like to be his age.
 
niskyvaulter

niskyvaulter

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Originally Posted by MaTT B
http:///forum/post/2572262
Tottaly off topic but I HATE it when people say you have to go to college to get a good job.
yeah, this happens at my school all the time. I'm a freshman and just started going to this high school in a typical suburb. and since i didn't grow up here I have some perspective, but every kid takes every single ap class and every club and sport so that they can get into college. and they're like "you can't be happy if you don't get paid a lot, and you can only do that if you go to college", and I look at how they waste their whole childhood trying to get into a good college. but sorry for getting off topic
 
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