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Originally Posted by hankster
My parents both voiced that. Thing was, their parents died younger (3) or lived elsewhere (one only). So wtf. I finally (too late) had to say, I could not define my life by their chosen limitations.
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wow hankster thank you for this. Maybe if I arm myself with this mantra I will be able to handle a visit back to the parental home. My brother's being stationed in Korea next and he's going to be visiting our parents before he goes, and their house is half the country closer than his current home so if I'm going to see him, it will have to be at parent's house. I will arm myself with the following, and say it several times in the mirror every morning while there:
"I do not define my life by my mother's chosen limitations, and I will not feel guilty about this." Heck, maybe I'll get it put on a t-shirt.