Comments on: Learning from Your Parents – a Poll (but first a poem) http://www.simonegrant.com/blog/2009/07/08/learning-from-your-parents-a-poll-but-first-a-poem-2/ Real stories about dating and relationships in New York City. Truth is more interesting than fiction. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Simone Grant http://www.simonegrant.com/blog/2009/07/08/learning-from-your-parents-a-poll-but-first-a-poem-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3550 Simone Grant Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:42 +0000 http://www.sex-lies-dating.com/3454927#comment-3550 Thank you everyone for sharing your personal stories. I wonder if all of our parents realize just how much and WHAT they taught us about relationships? Thank you everyone for sharing your personal stories. I wonder if all of our parents realize just how much and WHAT they taught us about relationships?

]]> By: bbbex http://www.simonegrant.com/blog/2009/07/08/learning-from-your-parents-a-poll-but-first-a-poem-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3549 bbbex Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:54:26 +0000 http://www.sex-lies-dating.com/3454927#comment-3549 My parents were the perfect example of what NOT to do. Some how, some way, I am still a jerk magnet. My parents were the perfect example of what NOT to do. Some how, some way, I am still a jerk magnet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.simonegrant.com/blog/2009/07/08/learning-from-your-parents-a-poll-but-first-a-poem-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3548 Anonymous Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:45:41 +0000 http://www.sex-lies-dating.com/3454927#comment-3548 Great article over at Onely, huh? I voted yes, but won't go into details. I think my parents relationship made me do a lot of thinking about my own relationships. Great article over at Onely, huh? I voted yes, but won’t go into details. I think my parents relationship made me do a lot of thinking about my own relationships.

]]> By: TerrySimpson http://www.simonegrant.com/blog/2009/07/08/learning-from-your-parents-a-poll-but-first-a-poem-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3547 TerrySimpson Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:40:37 +0000 http://www.sex-lies-dating.com/3454927#comment-3547 I LOVE THE POEM! Yea my parents screwed me up - they have been happily married for 61 years - had four kids, and still love each other. Always wanted what they had- don't think it is possible in this world - always looking for it - just when I think I have it - -I run off! I LOVE THE POEM!
Yea my parents screwed me up – they have been happily married for 61 years – had four kids, and still love each other. Always wanted what they had- don’t think it is possible in this world – always looking for it – just when I think I have it – -I run off!

]]> By: sparklytosingle http://www.simonegrant.com/blog/2009/07/08/learning-from-your-parents-a-poll-but-first-a-poem-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3546 sparklytosingle Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:07:21 +0000 http://www.sex-lies-dating.com/3454927#comment-3546 My parents have been unhappily married for years. YEARS. They used to be in love, and I remember them having a good relationship when I was a kid, but for the last 10 or 12 years, my brother and sister and I have often wondered what the hell they stay together for. We'd all be happy for them if they got divorced because we know there is so much opportunity for love and happiness out there and they just make each other miserable because they're scared of the financial repercussions if they split up. Stupid reason to stay together, IMHO. So I guess in that context, my parents' relationship has affected me in that I have seen how unhappy they make each other, so I've learned from them that I would not tolerate the same circumstances in my relationship - I don't need a partner who makes me miserable and bitter. I'm better off happy and single. Other than that though, I think I've really made my own decisions on how to conduct myself in relationships and learned lessons for myself through my own experiences, not from my parents. My parents have been unhappily married for years. YEARS. They used to be in love, and I remember them having a good relationship when I was a kid, but for the last 10 or 12 years, my brother and sister and I have often wondered what the hell they stay together for. We’d all be happy for them if they got divorced because we know there is so much opportunity for love and happiness out there and they just make each other miserable because they’re scared of the financial repercussions if they split up. Stupid reason to stay together, IMHO.

So I guess in that context, my parents’ relationship has affected me in that I have seen how unhappy they make each other, so I’ve learned from them that I would not tolerate the same circumstances in my relationship – I don’t need a partner who makes me miserable and bitter. I’m better off happy and single. Other than that though, I think I’ve really made my own decisions on how to conduct myself in relationships and learned lessons for myself through my own experiences, not from my parents.

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