Were you pushed to far to succeed by your parents?

Were you pushed to succeed in spelling and grammar, OP?

I was pushed enough to know how to spell "too" -- so, apparently, more than you, OP.

r1 beat you to it in the grammar trolling r2

Is that Jermaine, R1 & R2?

It can cause serious issues with anger and fear of failure

Yes, but the law decrees it.

It worked. I'm successful.

R3 Thanks for the riveting input.

Thanks for the blatant grammar trolling r8. I guess you live for a moment when you can point out someone's mistake. I wonder what that says about you as a person.

No! I wasn't pushed at all to succeed at anything except to be modest about my talents, obedient, and polite. As it turns out it is exactly those qualities which will KEEP you from EVER being successful in anything!

[quote]Were you pushed to far to

you sure the fuck weren't! holy fuck, check your post before your click, asshole!

R11? You have anger management issues. And it’s not a good look for you.

My parents believed in advanced education. Not going to college wasn't really an option. However, they really didn't understand how the process worked having only gone to community college themselves. But, I always wanted to be an artist so my father declared, after my first semester in community college, that I'd go to art school. I was exceedingly shy and withdrawn, art was my salvation. I loved art school and made many lifelong friends. I ended up having a long career as an artist selling my work while also working in advertising. Looking back I now know I was exceedingly fortunate and lucky. Things came relatively easy to me and I had more than a few mentors. The only thing that held me back at times were my own insecurities and fears. As I got more experienced I blossomed and somewhere along the way shed most of my shyness. I was a late bloomer but my parents gave me a strong foundation at least regarding ambition. They were always supportive of my weirdness and were always there for me. They are gone now and I really miss them.

Not pushed but expectations were high. That sort of pressure is just as hard.

R13, you sound very fortunate to have a supportive father. It sounds like you had great parents.

They treated me like a servant but they really pushed my older sister hard.

My mother pushed and pushed and pushed, so I destroyed my own life to get even with her.

I was a goody two-shoes people pleaser as a child. I got that way because my mother used to always tell me and other people that I was her good son, and my brothers were trouble makers. I think it caused me to lose out on my childhood. I was afraid to make mistakes and I'm still that way today. Instead of trying and failing, I don't even bother. I'm stuck in a rut, but Fear keeps me from trying to climb out.

Sorry wrong thread.

Funny R10 - and true. Parents wanted us to be “successful” but the insistence on humility and not bragging or being proud is antithetical to success in the US. But I do appreciate it as a trait in people- and find aggressive self-aggrandizing people to be annoying. I may never be a CEO but think I have better life values as a result.

R15, thanks. They weren't perfect by any means but as we all matured (they married and bred really young) we worked hard to be a strong family. My father was great, creative and funny. My mother would have benefited by coming of age after women's lib. She was stifled by out-dated conventions and angry about it when we were young, but later embraced the freedoms that happened later. My father had a business in a gay neighborhood and they were both very accepting of diversity. Never heard a bigoted word from either of them about anyone. Oh, mom wasn't fond of people who had too many children. Very unseemly in her eyes.

I assume you meant........were you pushed TOO far??????????????Obviously you werent pushed far enuf......as an adult you cant spell.

My parents are dead, you insensitive rat bastard.

More by my mother who was youngest of eight children. I was the first of all the grandchildren to graduate a good university - not an ivy, but close enough.

No, I pushed myself to succeed.

[quote]I assume you meant........were you pushed TOO far??????????????Obviously you werent pushed far enuf......as an adult you cant spell.

"Enuf", R22.

My parents pushed me pretty hard... but they also set an example... so.. I ended up very successful and still had a great relationship with my parents.

My parents pushed me to finish high school.