I accept your personal criticism about making assumptions. For every 20 assumptions I might have daily, I seek valid answers to confirm or modify my take. My main character flaw is changing a neutral dialogue with personal observations. I apologize for suggesting you had pawho modeled dependency. You could’ve had the best parents ever and just rejected their ideas and practices fully! Lol.
I read your words that revealed your parents taught you to care about others. That is a positive message for kids.
You were good to call me out on my assumption. I’m absolutely full of flaws, but remember, self-awareness can bring about improvement when adequate effort is made from this knowledge. Or, I could choose to walk around in self-pity about my weaknesses.
Out of all human weaknesses, the most harmful in my opinion is self-pity. All Americans, including the homeless and down-trodden, need to make a day trip to South Sudan and see what that’s like living there. Then compare it with their level of hardships. I will slap myself silly if I ever fall into the “Poor, poor me syndrome” when a girl of 12 has to worry about rape or death (or worse) retrieving water from a local well for her family.
I still wasn’t successful keeping masks out of the conversation. Alas… lol seriously, how can a mask work that cannot block virus particles larger than coronavirus particles? They cannot. Oh, maybe a second character flaw is I’m a bit competitive when it comes to accurate information and who is right when both people think they are right!