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Imagine reliving your life with parents who are the exact opposite of your real ones, in how many ways might you be a different person now?


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Posted - January 21, 2020
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  • 2836
    No. I loved my parents despite their flaws. 

    I would not want anyone else.
      January 21, 2020 6:52 PM MST
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  • 53509

    Ok, wise guy; your parents with different personalities. 
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      January 21, 2020 7:35 PM MST
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  • 2836
    Since you put it that way, I shall oblige you...

    With Mom, I would not want anything different. Maybe if she was a little less prudish about sexuality. I guess I would not have been so shy at first waving my dong in the locker room when I was a freshman in High School.


    My dad is an entirely different story. He was controlling and had preconceived notions as to what he expected of me for a career.  IT was the up and coming and in his words, "Computers were the business to be in." I, on the other hand, was creative. I wanted to either be a Chef, a Photographer, or (don't laugh) a plumber. He frowned on the art saying there was no money in photography, He said that all chefs were either drunks or fags (SURPRISE!), and  "No son of his mine is going to make a living putting his hands in another man's sh*t!!!"   He was also a scathing perfectionist and rather than focusing on the good that I did, he would always seek and point out the flaws.

    I would have been more successful in a career that I loved rather than one I hated. Perhaps I would have been able to be more self-confident in my relationships (personally and professionally), and most importantly, I would have came out at a much younger age if I fealt I would have received their love and support. 

    I'm not going to go on any more with this because it makes me cry.
      January 22, 2020 11:01 AM MST
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  • 53509
    *Sigh.*
      January 21, 2020 7:35 PM MST
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  • 14795
    I end up being adopted ,as my new parents would end up in the nut house....
      January 21, 2020 6:53 PM MST
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  • 53509
    Lol. 



    ~ This post was edited by Randy D at January 22, 2020 7:11 AM MST
      January 21, 2020 7:00 PM MST
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  • 14795
    My God....you laughed ....are you still unwell ? Hehe 
      January 21, 2020 7:03 PM MST
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    This post was edited by Randy D at January 22, 2020 7:11 AM MST
      January 21, 2020 7:11 PM MST
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  • 14795
    My God.....now I know you are really  sick and think I'm someone else...I hope you don't wear those tapered tailored dress coat,when you should be wearing your strait jacket....hehe 
      January 21, 2020 8:40 PM MST
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  • 783
    I might not be as good a musician, but I’d probably be less sadistic and short-tempered. 
      January 21, 2020 7:25 PM MST
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  • 53509

      So the beatings were effective, is that it?

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      January 21, 2020 7:34 PM MST
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  • 783
    Pretty much. 
      January 21, 2020 7:36 PM MST
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  • 1152
    I'd be a Trump supporter (dumb, confident, and bigoted...)
      January 21, 2020 7:40 PM MST
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  • 44623
    Hmm. My father would have stayed around, but he would have not been very intelligent. Neither would my mother. I wouldn't have gotten all of those smart genes. Too many variables after that.
      January 22, 2020 7:15 AM MST
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  • Can't imagine my life if my parents had been abusive, unsupportive, and neglectful. I think I'd be a much more damaged person. 
      January 22, 2020 9:59 AM MST
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