Moving on from what I might or might not have been implying, which while we're here is a complete mystery to me, by the way, I seem to have completely lost what parenting skills I ever had. Which wasn't much to start with, to be honest.
Oh come on, you must have heard that saying, right? Riding a bike's something you never forget? It's a whole different thing where people are concerned. Stop dealing with people for too long and you forget how to do it, and it doesn't help when being a parent is hugely different from being a friend. And between you and me, I haven't been a full-time dad for - oh, must have been at least 700 years.
The point is, being a parent... you're supposed to be able to keep your kids happy and be there for them. I seem to have forgotten how to do that.
I understand that once one learns a skill, it is not easily forgotten, compared to information. But interpersonal relations are just a combination of observations and skills. One makes an observation of the situation, and then selects the correct reaction. It is not actively thought about, at least not normally, but that is still what is occurring. I cannot see how one can forget how to interact with people.
Go away, be a hermit for a few decades, then come back and tell me if you still think the same way.
All joking aside, though, and you're not gonna like this, it's all very well saying that, but you're forgetting the most important part of interacting with people, and that's emotions. Your own as well as the other person's. Sometimes they can get in the way.
Then perhaps you need to re-evaluate the situation and find out just what the problem is. It seems to me that the problem isn't that you have forgotten how to interact, but rather, you seem to be unable to control your emotions sufficiently. You should be able to see how much of a difference that makes.
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...hn. Nevermind.
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I don't see how someone can just lose certain skills.
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The point is, being a parent... you're supposed to be able to keep your kids happy and be there for them. I seem to have forgotten how to do that.
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All joking aside, though, and you're not gonna like this, it's all very well saying that, but you're forgetting the most important part of interacting with people, and that's emotions. Your own as well as the other person's. Sometimes they can get in the way.
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Then perhaps you need to re-evaluate the situation and find out just what the problem is. It seems to me that the problem isn't that you have forgotten how to interact, but rather, you seem to be unable to control your emotions sufficiently. You should be able to see how much of a difference that makes.
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Look, I don't know about you, but it's not as if my emotions are on a switch that I can just flick on and off at will.
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