I confess, I'm writing this piece in anger.. I have a very tense relationship with my parents: I always have. In many respects, they represent, to me, the ultimate Bourgeois lifestyle.
And I see now, from a certain perspective, they're an instance of inter-generational enmity.
From as far back as I can remember, they have represented the commandment, ''Thou shan't''; ''Thou canst'': I've never been good enough to achieve anything for them.
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You're not good at law; you can't talk about economics, you haven't studied it; you're not special; you're not a nice person. Followed by the good cop routine, ''We care'', "We'll spend money on it''.
The world has changed since 197-? Mom and pop don't have all the answers. They never did. I just wish they could accept that I know that, and build from there..
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