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This is a tough one.
I mean our parents did the best they could
I cannot think of any area they failed us
I know we were very fortunate
They were not perfect
But I cannot think of anything I would have changed
They gave us the freedom to be who we are
To take responsibly for our actions
To be kind and decent humans
To be grateful and never feel entitled
To give back
To express our feelings freely and without reservation
Yeah cannot think of anything they did that I would change
I asked my DH this question and his reply was he wished his parents were more emotionally intelligent.
I know when Greg and I first met and started dating he was in awe of my emotional IQ
That's because he was raised very differently than I was and his parents swept things under that proverbial rug
And didn't talk about feelings etc
Greg said it was good I didn't know him when he was a teen or in his twenties because he was not emotionally intelligent and it took years of therapy to get to where he was by the time I met him. The work was already done. But I did have some work left to do with him and I can say without any reservations he is a very emotionally intelligent man, husband, lover and friend. I cannot express in mere words how grateful I am for him in my life as my partner in crime. I got lucky. So lucky.
OK your turn. What, if anything, would you change if you could, about your childhood and how you were raised?
I mean our parents did the best they could
I cannot think of any area they failed us
I know we were very fortunate
They were not perfect
But I cannot think of anything I would have changed
They gave us the freedom to be who we are
To take responsibly for our actions
To be kind and decent humans
To be grateful and never feel entitled
To give back
To express our feelings freely and without reservation
Yeah cannot think of anything they did that I would change
I asked my DH this question and his reply was he wished his parents were more emotionally intelligent.
I know when Greg and I first met and started dating he was in awe of my emotional IQ
That's because he was raised very differently than I was and his parents swept things under that proverbial rug
And didn't talk about feelings etc
Greg said it was good I didn't know him when he was a teen or in his twenties because he was not emotionally intelligent and it took years of therapy to get to where he was by the time I met him. The work was already done. But I did have some work left to do with him and I can say without any reservations he is a very emotionally intelligent man, husband, lover and friend. I cannot express in mere words how grateful I am for him in my life as my partner in crime. I got lucky. So lucky.
OK your turn. What, if anything, would you change if you could, about your childhood and how you were raised?
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