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My Dad finally broke down today, and asked me what makes me, me.
What makes me tick, what is the difference between me and him, why me and him don't get along as well as we should.
This is what I said in response.
First of all, its Many things, but it all is really one thing.. Time.
In your time, Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement was the future.
In mine its the distant past.
In your time, the Space program was the future, in mine its both the past, and the Present, and the foreseeable future.
When you were born, Jets weren't around, today they are so standard, we make them like candy and choose its performance like we choose a shirt to wear.
When you were born, none of my culture existed, in your youth, my culture was in its infancy... Today more of my original cultural pioneers are dead, than alive.
In your time, cars were creatures of the road, you felt every input you gave to the controls, you felt every crack in the road, and every pebble in the road...
In my time when I shut the door, that's all she wrote. lol
In your time, they knew they had a crime problem, but they didn't know that it was because your mom's generation had their kids raise themselves, and they didn't know it was because of abusive penalties at home.
We didn't know that it was because we taught men to box, and use it as an excuse for how to handle adversity, and negative emotion.
We're just beginning barely.. to get over it in my time.
In your time, women were nurses, teachers, or they stayed home and cooked, cleaned and made babies.
In my time, women are American citizens... and their careers are almost as large in variety as ours, and they are now the owners of most of America's businesses.
In your time, most of America's existing diversity was under political oppression.
In my time, my race, culture and belief system is just barely twice as large in number as the rest combined... and everybody is free to express who they are.
In your time, a man's emotions were bottled up.
In my time, psychology is its own mature science.
Compared to the time when you were born, I'm a "flower child" on steroids, a flamboyant about it too ...
In my time, I'm "middle of the road", or "average".
Those are just the tip of the iceberg.
Secondly, if you didn't make me, I wouldn't be here and I'll admit that as fact....
But by the end of the day, you created me far too late in your life.
You were essentially both my dad, and my grandfather too... the world I grew up in is different from both Your time, AND the time of my two sisters.
The youngest that I should be, is damn near 40... at the youngest, and I'm 28.
In 2000 you were almost 60, and married for over 30 years, and therefore sheltered for a long time.
In 2000 I was 14 in school and exposed to the modern world.
And because of the age difference between us, we have had very little contact, and even less connection.
That's the difference between us.
Thirdly, in the 60s you were not a "hippie"... so that means that you have not partaken in any of America's changes that were marked by the 60s.
So your culture, belief system and attitude stayed the same, while America changed.
Well I have news for you buddy... You're not the boss of America and America is bigger.
And your social skills comes off as rude and mean and arrogant, and a LACK of social skills, and you even got in trouble with the LAW for it a few times and eventually with Me when I got tired of the Abuse.
What makes me tick, what is the difference between me and him, why me and him don't get along as well as we should.
This is what I said in response.
First of all, its Many things, but it all is really one thing.. Time.
In your time, Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement was the future.
In mine its the distant past.
In your time, the Space program was the future, in mine its both the past, and the Present, and the foreseeable future.
When you were born, Jets weren't around, today they are so standard, we make them like candy and choose its performance like we choose a shirt to wear.
When you were born, none of my culture existed, in your youth, my culture was in its infancy... Today more of my original cultural pioneers are dead, than alive.
In your time, cars were creatures of the road, you felt every input you gave to the controls, you felt every crack in the road, and every pebble in the road...
In my time when I shut the door, that's all she wrote. lol
In your time, they knew they had a crime problem, but they didn't know that it was because your mom's generation had their kids raise themselves, and they didn't know it was because of abusive penalties at home.
We didn't know that it was because we taught men to box, and use it as an excuse for how to handle adversity, and negative emotion.
We're just beginning barely.. to get over it in my time.
In your time, women were nurses, teachers, or they stayed home and cooked, cleaned and made babies.
In my time, women are American citizens... and their careers are almost as large in variety as ours, and they are now the owners of most of America's businesses.
In your time, most of America's existing diversity was under political oppression.
In my time, my race, culture and belief system is just barely twice as large in number as the rest combined... and everybody is free to express who they are.
In your time, a man's emotions were bottled up.
In my time, psychology is its own mature science.
Compared to the time when you were born, I'm a "flower child" on steroids, a flamboyant about it too ...
In my time, I'm "middle of the road", or "average".
Those are just the tip of the iceberg.
Secondly, if you didn't make me, I wouldn't be here and I'll admit that as fact....
But by the end of the day, you created me far too late in your life.
You were essentially both my dad, and my grandfather too... the world I grew up in is different from both Your time, AND the time of my two sisters.
The youngest that I should be, is damn near 40... at the youngest, and I'm 28.
In 2000 you were almost 60, and married for over 30 years, and therefore sheltered for a long time.
In 2000 I was 14 in school and exposed to the modern world.
And because of the age difference between us, we have had very little contact, and even less connection.
That's the difference between us.
Thirdly, in the 60s you were not a "hippie"... so that means that you have not partaken in any of America's changes that were marked by the 60s.
So your culture, belief system and attitude stayed the same, while America changed.
Well I have news for you buddy... You're not the boss of America and America is bigger.
And your social skills comes off as rude and mean and arrogant, and a LACK of social skills, and you even got in trouble with the LAW for it a few times and eventually with Me when I got tired of the Abuse.
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