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Ha! I just debated my dad for about 90 minutes on the subject of: Manners, Modern Morals, And How They Relate To Sending Thank You Letters (precipitated by an aunt treating us both to an expensive supper for his birthday). This is one of the first conversation where we've really acted as ourselves, expressing our unfiltered opinions in a forthright way - rather than as concerned (and/or Deeply Concerned) parent and mumbling, taciturn son.1 Well, that's an exaggeration, but it was nice to open up an see him do the same. Of course, there are still limits to it - I think he'd be struck permanantly aghast if I mentioned certain of my proclivites... and that will always place a film between us to some extent. Whereas my mum's discerned probably at least 62% of my weirdness, and I know about a lot of hers. :P
Anyway... the arguments ran pretty wide but in the end, we both agreed that It's Good To Aspire To Principles Of Good-Will Towards Your Benefactors And To Express Gratitude To Them, even if we disagreed on a lot of points along the way. Actually, he was more right than I let on: I'm really not (by a long way) as outgoing and communicative as I could be, and that probably leads to a lot of situations where I don't come out of my shell enough to give a little gesture of thanks or friendliness where it would do some good. But that's not nearly as fun to argue about as broad principles like whether manners are going down the tubes and if it's a bad thing.
Hell, I barely even bother to post in this thing anymore, despite how useful I find it or how bad a habit it is to just lurk. Nor do I let you wonderful, fascinating people know how much I appreciate being allowed to see into a little portion of your lives. So, thank you. :)
1 NB: My parents divorced somewhat messily when I was 6 - it's actually a pretty funny story - so he was mostly a tri-weekendly visitor.
Anyway... the arguments ran pretty wide but in the end, we both agreed that It's Good To Aspire To Principles Of Good-Will Towards Your Benefactors And To Express Gratitude To Them, even if we disagreed on a lot of points along the way. Actually, he was more right than I let on: I'm really not (by a long way) as outgoing and communicative as I could be, and that probably leads to a lot of situations where I don't come out of my shell enough to give a little gesture of thanks or friendliness where it would do some good. But that's not nearly as fun to argue about as broad principles like whether manners are going down the tubes and if it's a bad thing.
Hell, I barely even bother to post in this thing anymore, despite how useful I find it or how bad a habit it is to just lurk. Nor do I let you wonderful, fascinating people know how much I appreciate being allowed to see into a little portion of your lives. So, thank you. :)
1 NB: My parents divorced somewhat messily when I was 6 - it's actually a pretty funny story - so he was mostly a tri-weekendly visitor.