nineteenth path

[mist_illusions]

Why is it that we allow our parents - our families - to control our lives for so long? Or perhaps I should ask why they think they should be allowed to control our lives for so long. It isn't as though they are, as a whole, better people than we are. They have more experience, but that experience doesn't keep them from ruining their own lives or

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[redwhiteandhero]

Not all of us are that stupid.

[mist_illusions]

But plenty of us are. It's sad, really.

[redwhiteandhero]

Who cares? Quit acting like you're smarter than everyone when most of us figured this crap out a long time ago.

[mist_illusions]

Apparently most of us didn't. You can feel free to act like you're smarter than everyone, too.

[redwhiteandhero]

Only I won't, 'cause I'm not an asshole.

[mist_illusions]

Well, that just makes you even more special, doesn't it?

[redwhiteandhero]

You bet.