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Re: our mums and dads  [message #55301] Thu, 08 January 2009 19:57 Go to next message
james is currently offline  james

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Timmy said,
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
.

So true but i bet you did the same to your kids, but what you never said is that we dont have training to be parents.

Also your parents went through a world war, which i might say fucked up most people of that time.

To sum it up you can only do what you think is right, but you will damage your child just buy putting it to bed early for being naughty think about it .

oh i forgot people of that time had a victorian up bringing.:-*
Re: our mums and dads  [message #55302 is a reply to message #55301] Thu, 08 January 2009 21:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nigel is currently offline  Nigel

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It's the 8 January, the anniversary of my mother's death. It's sixteen years now, but I still miss her.

Hugs
N



I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.

…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
Re: our mums and dads  [message #55303 is a reply to message #55301] Thu, 08 January 2009 22:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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No, Larkin said it: http://www.artofeurope.com/larkin/lar2.htm

I happen to agree with it.

And no, I did not do the same to my son. Instead I worked with him to make as sure as I could that he was raised well and safely and as a well rounded individual. And when I made mistakes I apologised and put them right.

It's kind of you to tell me about my parents and the fact that they went through a war. I hadn't realised that, of course, despite the fact that I was born in 1952. I needed to be reminded of it.

You, though, were not there. You have only an idea of your desperation, not of mine. Other people had parents that were very different from mine.

And no, they did not have a Victorian upbringing. Queen Victoria died longer ago than you think. And my father was not raised in England. Actually he went through two wars.

But I do not have to be happy for the way they raised me, nor to excuse them, and I will certainly not do it to please you.



Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Re: our mums and dads  [message #55304 is a reply to message #55302] Thu, 08 January 2009 22:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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In so many ways you are lucky to be able to miss her. A paradox, but true nonetheless.



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Re: our mums and dads  [message #55310 is a reply to message #1231457612] Fri, 09 January 2009 00:38 Go to previous message
timmy

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I worked out who you are.

You are out of here. You were before. You came back. Now you are history



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