The Truth

by missyoung
Listening to: Coldplay XY
Feeling: merry
Have had hours of nourishing conversation with my newly arrived buddy from Taos, NM - can't tell you what it means to talk on a level other than "safe Midwestern." We stumbled upon what we both believe is a truth: our parents have a tremendous impact on whom we are attracted to in our lives and with whom we end up making a committment (or our inability to make a committment). We are either looking for something in someone that we couldn't get from our parents or are looking for something that we received from our parents and can't live without. I realize for some of you, this will be a depressing realization, but it's the damn truth.
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Eh, it is a depressing thing in a way. But at the same time I know that I need what my parents never gave me so I can definitely believe it.
for my age, it’s a damn long story. but i escaped the safe midwest. or were you referring to the entry itself?

i like to think that my inability to commit is my own choice, but that may merely be what i want to think. i avoid introspection at all costs.
-matt
Funny huh? As much as you tell yourself "I won't need them".....you do. You'll always need them, it's inetavable.....(yah I know it's spelled wrong). Hope all is well.
Kristy
Yup. That's really all I can say; no elaborate paragraphs or eloquent mindsets...just yup.

But it does come as a shock, sometimes, to understand something. Look at my latest. Read and you shall understand.
kyle
that is actually something i realized a while ago, but i'm over the shock.
ben
so...its either something we DID get from our parents Or soemthing we DIDNT get from our parents. that covers quite a bit , dont you think ?

haha ... ignore that , just another one of my lame attempts at trying (and failing) to be funny.

anyway , i like your entry. very thought provoking.
[Anonymous]
occasionally, i have been know to think. but i have found no good to result from introspection.

i’m not one to say no, when someone wants to talk about my life, but i don’t think i could do it in a comment box. if you would care to talk sometime, my email is in my bio.

be well.
-matt
Well, I've always looked for intellect willing to be up in the air---something I never had from my parents. I'm more open-minded and deep-thinking than they are or have ever been, and I look for that in people. Trying to fill the gap, I guess. It's bit me in the ass before, looking for other traits other than what I mentioned, but right now...Ah I won't get all sappy right now. Let's just say, I'm beyond content.

--emily [dupuis...]
It makes complete sense, but where do you find someone who is exactly what you want? Who has the qualities that you want/don't want and all of that?

Eh.. I'm too young to be worrying about who I am going to love for the rest of my life. Teddy bears are enough for me.
I miss you, Miss Young!!
-Ellen
wow, working mindlessly all summer has really dulled my brain. i'm not sure whether this is at all related to your last entry or not, but there's this movie that i watched yesterday, and it kind of reminded me of what you're saying. it's called Jack, and it's starring Robin Williams, Bill Cosby, and J.Lo. anyway, it's about this boy, Jack, who was born with this disorder that his body ages four times faster then anyone else's. so...
when he's ten, he looks forty. by the time he's 18, his body has matured to eighty-two. it made me think about how every moment counts, and how important the time we have here is. we all need to figure out what's most important to us, and cherish it, because, as cliche as it is, it could be gone in an instant. i'll let you borrow the movie if you want. i think you'll like it.
i miss you,
mel
Where have you gone, Miss Young?! COME BACK!!
come back, we love you and miss you.