[blueerica]

Partially in relation to the flip-side thread, I wonder if I've ever NOT done something because my mom or dad did, and what is the moment that happens? I generally don't choose against something because someone does it, whether I like that person or not - the same applies to my parents. Then, I have been rather removed from them as parents so maybe it's like me doing not doing something because some guy down the street does it.

If anything, I've made a point to be able to recognize and leave a relationship that's bad or not working. If I leave, I mean it. I don't turn around the next afternoon and cry to come back. It's hard, but you have to value yourself before anyone else will value you. I do that, because my mom didn't.