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> I think I'm gonna call my mom. You really should, like right now. not in a few hours, not tomorrow, right now. I lost my mom years ago to cancer, I'm now in
by swat535 5y ago
> I think I'm gonna call my mom.
You really should, like right now. not in a few hours, not tomorrow, right now.
I lost my mom years ago to cancer, I'm now in my mid 30s and would give up _everything_ I have to spend another minute with her.
Without our mom and dad, we are just lost children.
- drukenemo 5y agoI’m sorry to hear that, it’s a sad story and it clearly hurts you to this day. I just don’t agree with the sentiment that for everyone without our parents we’re just lost children. That would imply that we never grow up. In reality, adults can ideally self-guide themselves and they do that on a daily basis. And then most of us have children which needed to be guided by us…
- ovao 5y agoKey word there being ‘ideally’. People in general aren’t equipped to be fully independent, and often our relationships with ours parents are the most important (except, possibly, for our kids/spouses). Having kids does seem to be important, because it kinda migrates a person’s role from “child to a parent” to “parent of a child”. Still, complete independence is something I’ve never really seen.
- drukenemo 5y agoComplete independence is almost unattainable in life, if at all. Between being co-dependent with others and becoming a lost child without your parents there’s a great gap.
- Markoff 5y agoAgreed. I mean if you cut your parent(s) from your life, how much loss it's gonna be when they die? Let's not pretend all relationships are perfect. It's hard to miss something you don't have, many people in this discussion idealize the relationships.