my dad has a way of making me feel like a total piece of shiite.

[mdmc]

I mean, he has a way of making me feel suicidal... Not only suicidal, but... he makes me feel like waiting until after the election, just so I could vote for a fuckin Conservative first before I hit the bridge.:mad:

[Shine]

1. Sounds like you need a hug, mdmc.

:hug:

[mdmc]

2. thanks

actually, just thinkin of you and your pops makes me smile...

[Shine]

4. My therapist dad used to drive me CRAZY as a teenager

I'd inevitably get mad at my sister and come complain to him about how she "was making me sooooo mad" and he'd say: "Nobody is holding a gun to your head and making you feel that way! You're CHOOSING to feel that way. Choose something ELSE, instead. You're creating your reality, you know." :banghead: blah, blah, blah....

...which would usually lead to me, storming out of the house, yelling, "Don't give me any of that psychology bullshit!!"

:rofl: good times, good times...

I mean, he's right, of course. I just didn't want to hear it, at the time. The pros and cons of growing up with him continue to amuse me.

[mdmc]

5. i can almost hear him sayin that stuff to you

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Was your dad one of those

Jess Lair "I'm OK, You're OK" devotees so common in the late '70s/'80s?

Everything was about "space" and "permission" and other crap. :eyes:

You don't choose to feel a certain way any more than you choose to be het or gay. What you do choose is what you do about what you feel.

So's your old man.

[Darth_Kitten]

3. Don't let anyone make you feel bad about yourself....

:hug:

[mdmc]

6. thanks d_k

peace and low stress...:)

[jpgray]

7. Instead, have someone bad feel about your self.

:)

[mdmc]

9. i am a big fan of outsourcing

[mdmc]

14. hey, thats naughty!

:wow: :)

[meganmonkey]

10. Hey man

big big big :hug: to you. Maybe I'll be able to give you a real hug at the NYC march.

And I want you to know I am breaking all my rules by posting in the lounge :P

[mdmc]

12. thanks

i'll pm my data

[LaraMN]

11. Oh geez! You need a hug!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

My Mom (though I love her dearly) drives me frickin' nuts. She has a real knack for (unintentionally) making me feel like an incompetent loser, so I feel your pain, to a certain degree.

[mdmc]

13. thanks

peace and low stress lara!