Sunday, September 7, 2008

Parents needing the kids to parent them

This post is in purple to represent what a "royal" pain the ass my dad can be for my sisters. Why them and not me? Because I am the only one that lives out of town thereby escaping his rebellious actions.

What makes a dad behave like a naughtly little boy wanting to get caught and punished and then kicking and fighting and denying? But seriously, what can you do to punish them? Instead his crazy actions punish my sisters. Its like the old addage, "when you give a kid a punishment, it is really the parent is punished" while instituting the said consequence. And they have been getting more than their fair share of being punished lately!

So is this payback?! If so, let this be a warning to all kids, "dont do anything wrong or your parents will make you suffer later in your life!"

Why is it that people live to a point that they are not functioning in an independent, sane and cooperative way? Why do they make up things and try to work one person against the other? Why is it so hard to give in to the fact that they need help and advice? These are questions that cant be answered in our life.

Apparently, it comes down to needing love. Unconditional love. And patience. Boy can he make it hard for them some days!

5 comments:

Leslie said...

Yay!! Welcome to the world of blogging! Glad to have you around!

Sorry about your dad. I, personally, don't want to outlive my reasoning powers.

Pat said...

We are all strong and can handle it I am sure because the Lord doesn't give us more than we can handle. Look back on your life as a mother and you will know exactly what I am talking about. Most if not all of us are just glad he is still around and if all we are going to get is grief, than I guess we will just take that cause it is better than nothing.

WillandTara said...

remind me not to move to Reno or wherever you end up. Love you!!

Will

Becky said...

Will, I am moving to Saratoga Springs or where ever you live when I am old! hahahahaha

Yes Pat, I am glad he is here to enjoy too and I wish I could see dad more and help out more. I'm sure it stinks to be old and feel like you can manage things for yourself. I can hardly wait til I'm there! Riggghhht!!!

WillandTara said...

Well, my grandma finally failed her drivers test. One of my aunts turned her in. How sad...I think your dad and my grandma could get together and gripe about their children trying to parent them. I wonder how I will be when I am old. Becky, I sure wish you would move to Saratoga Springs. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU!