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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
I think we've talked about this, its a lot easier to say that than to do that.
Reply to the RTT, I think my dad wanted me to do medicine after engg because it was sort of his dream he never did (he wanted to do medicine and/or engg, so why not get his son to do both?). And thats not the worst part either, they want me to go to particular schools to, and the school part isn't just pressure from my parents, its like a hundred uncles, aunts and grandparents.
My sister was a little better than I was as far as choosing her own way (i.e. I do whatever the hell I wanna do) but for a guy, there might be more expectations on a son than a daughter for this.
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Of course it's not easy. My late father was very controling and tried very hard to influence my life to the way he saw fit. When i moved away from home he lost all that control he had. Sometimes I would visit and a heated discussion would ensue about how I was living my life. I often got up and left and didn't visit for months on end. It wasn't that long after that that he realised if he wanted a relationship with his son he had to let me live my life as I saw fit.