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20 May 2008

When was the first time you saw your parents as human? →[More:]From MetaFilter. I came across this post on MetaFilter and it really got me thinking. I can't link to the post (cause I'm still computer illiterate) yet, but I'll chime in...

I was a teenager, and my mom was back on the dating scene after a long-term relationship ended. I've always thought my mom was beautiful, but I discovered she was a "person" when she would ask me for help with her makeup before a date. I never knew before then that she had insecurities with her appearance, just like me. I thought it was kind of neat, putting on her eye makeup for her, because I was more bold with colors. It was a bonding that I am very fond of.

My father, on the other hand, became just a person to me at a very early age. But not under good circumstances, so I'll leave it at that.

post by: redvixen at: 17:50 | 9 comments

This was the post that caught my eye.

posted by redvixen 20 May | 17:53

My parents were always very very human, at least as far as I remember. I do remember the day I realized I could out-run my dad, though. :)

posted by small_ruminant 20 May | 18:18

I remember being late elementary school and figuring out some computer program that my Dad couldn't figure out. And I was so excited, Dad, Dad, I figured it out. And then I realized, wow, there are things I can do that my parents can't do- granted, there weren't many more for a long time, but it was the first glimpse of it.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 20 May | 18:29

It was when I caught my father trying to talk like Yoda... (yes, I know, cross-site in-joke, bad wendell)

posted by wendell 20 May | 19:07

My dad was superhuman. Seriously. When my oldest brother was learning Calculus, he was talking flipping Simpson's rule off the top of his head at the effing dinner table. Holy crap.

I knew he was human when he was moving his folks into a condo not far from his home. He couldn't deal with his mom and was quickly losing his temper, so I sent him out to go buy a hammer to hang pictures, which was a lame but effective excuse to just get him the hell out of the condo to cool off.

posted by plinth 20 May | 19:10

I can't remember thinking my parents were anything else. They had a good relationship, the two of them, but their were never saints. The loved each other in spite of (or maybe because of) their faults, which were many.

They set a good example even when they were being bad.

posted by Doohickie 20 May | 19:27

I love my parents but never had any illusions that they were anything but human.

posted by octothorpe 20 May | 21:04

when I was about 10 my mum didn't get a job she applied for, and she spent the next day in my parents' room crying, and my dad explained that she was upset. I had thought being upset was something only children did.

posted by altolinguistic 21 May | 12:09

with my dad, it was when I realised that he cries when he goes to the opera :)

posted by altolinguistic 21 May | 12:13

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