Are we being honest?

TheGFG
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:22:58 +0000

Epiphany’s post #137 represents my experience. Sometimes I’ve wondered if I have a sticker on my forehead that says “Abuse Me” because people have said some really obnoxious things to me related to my children and their accomplishments. I examined myself to determine if perhaps I was acting in a way that invited this, ie. being a braggart or arrogant or smug, but unless I’m deceived, that wasn’t the case. Also, I decided that probably was not the explanation anyway, since in every case the people who said those things to me were usually distant acquaintances and people with whom I hadn’t had any recent dealings or interactions. I think they just felt insecure about their own children, and dealt with it by insulting the value of what my children had achieved. A mild example was when S won more than once a certain annual essay contest sponsored by the elite college nearby, one lady said “Your S must be the only one who ever enters.”