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i get so quickly frustrated with my parents now that im an adult. growing up, our relationship was that i was the child and they as the parents were mostly perfect, all-knowing monoliths. now i realize how imperfect they are and the standard i was held to
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Anonymous 3w

it makes me lash out when they so blatantly choose to be ignorant about something or have no understanding of how constant criticism throughout my life has turned me into an anxious, neurotic perfectionist with burnout, or how i might feel towards their own mistakes that i keep expecting them not to make because i FEEL like they should know better

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Anonymous 3w

yup it really be like that now

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Anonymous 2w

I think this must be a generational thing for our parents because I’m the same way and I know so many ppl that are the same way too

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