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Relationships Are You a Disappointment to Your Parents?

They are nice enough around me and tell me that they're proud of me, but honestly, I came from a very dark place in my teens and twenties and I had to turn it around.

If I had a younger woman and gave them a grandchild, they would be actually proud.
The same here. I can be proud of the things I've turned around and learned, especially achieving the lifestyle I had dreamed about. But my parents are old school and set in their ways. They'd be more proud of me if I had some sort of stable career and got married and had kids, than if I had say, become a multi-millionaire athlete or musician or something. Not that I am any of those things now.

I probably am but my Dad is cool and has never made me feel that way. He's just very accomplished and succeeds at everything he does. Ever since I was a little kid I knew I'd never surpass my Dad or reach his standards. But he has always accepted me and never pressured me into following in his footsteps or anything. I lucked out with my Dad for sure
The one thing I can say I am better at my dad at any point in his life is talking to chicks lol. But in terms of career and academic achievements, I'll likely never come close.
 
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As a single mom and high school dropout June worked hard to give Dana a better life. Against all odds she raises him to be a rich and powerful man, the man known to millions around the world as the King of MMA. Dana is President and part owner of the UFC, a multi-billion dollar international empire and a self made multi-millionaire before the age of 40. You will find no other owner/president of a company like Dana. He is brash, outspoken, does not care what any one else thinks and is brutal in his business dealings. June gives the reader a glimpse into the life of Dana White, who he was, where he came from and the person he is today. But did Dana's power and money come at a cost and was the cost too great?
in a way, this applies to everyone, how much hunger you have to make money is going to cost you with other opportunities
 
Any adopted sherdogers?
My mom is...

Saw a list of names , birthdays and locations once my mom had... Asked her about it and she said it was her family , with a smile...

They acted like she was after their money or some sh*t...

I tell you what. If any of these f*ckers reach out after she is gone ... we are going to have some serious problems. And I'm not talking about filling the room with uppercuts on the internet.
 
My mom is...

Saw a list of names , birthdays and locations once my mom had... Asked her about it and she said it was her family , with a smile...

They acted like she was after their money or some sh*t...

I tell you what. If any of these f*ckers reach out after she is gone ... we are going to have some serious problems. And I'm not talking about filling the room with uppercuts on the internet.
I wish you all the luck,

And hope that you take Revenge, like Zed…
 
Yes & no. 1 is impossible to make happy. The other is normal. Good life lessons on maintaining balance. I'm thankful for the experience, but took awhile to get there.
 
I lost my father 6 years ago and since then, it really inspired me to get after all the things I’ve wanted. I did well then but that was the push to go for it.

He didn’t get to see my business take off or even meet my wife to be but my mom did.
 
No my mom always says nice things to me, besides when I get critiqued to do something better, but generally shes always content with me and positive. I mean she can nag hardcore. But overal she is not the one to be negative but say she got good kids who are normal, she doesn´t have high expectations. She is more about being healthy and behaving normal, being a normal decent person.

My dad kinda doesn´t care lol. That dude spent the last 40 yers watching tv, going fihsing and reading newspapers. He doesn´t even like talking. I do remember him slapping me a few times when I failed school after 8th grade, cause that´s when in where I´m from you go to the next type of high school. I didn´t have enough points to go to a good one but they fixed it by sending me to the next school out of town where I had a relative who could get me in there. Now not even sure if it was smart cause I was always the worst in class grades wise. I also failed last year and had to do it double. To this day I still sometimes have dreams about having to finish school and walking around classes. I do remeber once he said "his soul hurts" cause I´m not studying, as in learning well at school. I guess I just wasn´t focused any more at all when I hit puberty, just no patience or will to study things that aren´t interesting to me. Too many distractions for a kid in form of tv, internet, videogames, music, sports. You gotta be bored to care to read stuff.

If anything I´m sort of disapointed in myself lol. My parents are also ancient old. At this point my mom is just happy when I come home to see her. Dad is like just living down his last years / decade. I´m just disapointed in life in general. Like 7/10 things ddin´t work out or come to fruition. Whatever, work harder, noone cares.
 
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Not at all. My pops died when I was very young, but he did right by me the little time I had with him.

My mom did a great job, and I just wish I would have been better as a child. However, she was always proud of the way I turned out and that she got to meet her grandchildren.
 
My parents are disappointments to me.
I guess a part of life is realizing your parents are just flawed human beings. My parents did/do things that damaged my perception of them but I had accept they're just people.

No my mom always says nice things to me, besides when I get critiqued to do something better, but generally shes always content with me and positive. I mean she can nag hardcore. But overal she is not the one to be negative but say she got good kids who are normal, she doesn´t have high expectations. She is more about being healthy and behaving normal, being a normal decent person.

My dad kinda doesn´t care lol. That dude spent the last 40 yers watching tv, going fihsing and reading newspapers. He doesn´t even like talking. I do remember him slapping me a few times when I failed school after 8th grade, cause that´s when in where I´m from you go to the next type of high school. I didn´t have enough points to go to a good one but they fixed it by sending me to the next school out of town where I had a relative who could get me in there. Now not even sure if it was smart cause I was always the worst in class grades wise. I also failed last year and had to do it double. To this day I still sometimes have dreams about having to finish school and walking around classes. I do remeber once he said "his soul hurts" cause I´m not studying, as in learning well at school. I guess I just wasn´t focused any more at all when I hit puberty, just no patience or will to study things that aren´t interesting to me. Too many distractions for a kid in form of tv, internet, videogames, music, sports. You gotta be bored to care to read stuff.

If anything I´m sort of disapointed in myself lol. My parents are also ancient old. At this point my mom is just happy when I come home to see her. Dad is like just living down his last years / decade. I´m just disapointed in life in general. Like 7/10 things ddin´t work out or come to fruition. Whatever, work harder, noone cares.
My dad once smacked me across the head and said, "You useless piece of shit" because my grades were in the B - C range. That hurt more than any of the asskickings he gave me at the time.

I disappoint myself greatly too but the metrics I use to judge myself are very different from my parents'. I doubt my parents will care when I receive my sherdog blackbelt oneday.
 
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