Who here thinks they are better than their parents

UndertheOcean

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Sat Jun-27-09 03:43 PM
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Poll question: Who here thinks they are better than their parents

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Tikki

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Sat Jun-27-09 03:50 PM
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1. But not, necessarily, my in-laws...

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NJmaverick

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Sat Jun-27-09 03:55 PM
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2. What happened to equal to or not as good as?

Edited on Sat Jun-27-09 04:03 PM by NJmaverick

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UndertheOcean

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Sat Jun-27-09 03:56 PM
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3. you sherley jest ?

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NJmaverick

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Sat Jun-27-09 03:59 PM
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6. I'm not jesting

and stop calling me sherley. :hi:

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suninvited

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Sat Jun-27-09 03:58 PM
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4. I don't see my choice listed NT

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Jeep789

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Sat Jun-27-09 03:58 PM
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5. I have very good parents

Of course, I didn't realize it until I became a parent myself. I'm still striving to be as good at parenting as they are.

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auntAgonist

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Sat Jun-27-09 04:04 PM
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7. I am different from my parents. Not better, not worse than.

I would not be who I am today if not for their influence.

So, better than? NO
worse than? NO

I am my own self.

:hi:

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femmocrat

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Sat Jun-27-09 04:58 PM
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8. Better, how?

:shrug:

They did the best they could, considering the times and the problems they endured.

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mopinko

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Sat Jun-27-09 05:09 PM
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9. better than my dad. can't really say that about my mom.

dad was an alcoholic, so, being sober, and not feeling that male children need a good beating regularly make me somewhat better. i share many of his flaws, tho.
i can't say i am a better person than my mom. she did a lot of things better than me, like be tolerant and get along with people. but i am a better parent, i think, even though i sure wish i could figure out how she got away with the laid back approach that she had. and i am a better cook.

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Sat Jun-27-09 05:43 PM
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10. my parents and i are just different. i dont think we are better or worse

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Nikia

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Sat Jun-27-09 05:49 PM
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11. I guess that it would depend on how you would define better

I am different from them and seek to be better than them. In some areas, this is not hard for me, but in other areas it is.

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melman

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Sat Jun-27-09 05:49 PM
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12. No way

My mom and dad are great people.

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JitterbugPerfume

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Sat Jun-27-09 05:51 PM
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13. A dear friend told me recently

that she thought she was better and would do better than her parents when she was young.

Now that she is 65 , she sees the world through a whole new lens. Her parents were wonderful people, I remember them well.

I would never say I was better than my parents . I did not walk in their shoes.

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