“I know _I_ believe that you’re going to hell, son. But that doesn’t mean you actually will. I’m just a dogmatic Christian mother, I can’t help it! You gotta think for yourself, and I support that mission.”
I tell my daughter and son “I love you no matter what almost daily”. Daughter proceeds to test it out by saying “daddy you’re shit. Your name is shit”. And the reply is always, “Daddy doesn’t want to be called shit. But I love you no matter what even if you call me shit.”
Oh, my dear child—you don't need to be a doctor, lawyer, or concert pianist—go do that "creative" pursuit of yours since that's what you really want.
it's the concert pianist that gets me lol
Believe it not, the piano they BOUGHT, thinking I was going to play it, is still in their living room twenty five years later.
And my mom STILL doesn’t understand what I do as a creative director. “What is creative? What you direct?” LOL
It's okay to not be perfect all the time. You're allowed to fail sometimes. You're SUPPOSED to fail sometimes.
failure. we don't normalize it enough.
You don’t need to change your body no matter what the bullies and well meaning adults say.
PREACH
“That outfit looks great on you!”
what i'd GIVE...
Go ahead- shave.
oooh love that i can only imagine the context
“I know _I_ believe that you’re going to hell, son. But that doesn’t mean you actually will. I’m just a dogmatic Christian mother, I can’t help it! You gotta think for yourself, and I support that mission.”
I tell my daughter and son “I love you no matter what almost daily”. Daughter proceeds to test it out by saying “daddy you’re shit. Your name is shit”. And the reply is always, “Daddy doesn’t want to be called shit. But I love you no matter what even if you call me shit.”