My parents gave a lot more support to my brother because I was supposedly smart enough that I could figure out what I needed to on my own. I also could only apply to the two closest University of California campuses when I graduated a year early because I couldn't be trusted to take care of myself adequately... which was probably due to them not, you know, actually talking to me about things, and just assuming that, indeed, I would absorb things by osmosis, because even though they hadn't learned that way, somehow, magically, I would.
...
I'm trying to recall if I told either one of my parents that I got EC and an HIV test all on my own (of course, needing such would have just proven that they were right... never mind that I took care of it on my own, regardless).
It's amazing how people rationalize their failing you as your fault, eh?
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zvi
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Date: 2018-10-19 10:53 pm (UTC)...
I'm trying to recall if I told either one of my parents that I got EC and an HIV test all on my own (of course, needing such would have just proven that they were right... never mind that I took care of it on my own, regardless).
It's amazing how people rationalize their failing you as your fault, eh?