Encouragement

By peallow - 12/05/2013 05:01 - Puerto Rico - San Juan

Today, I asked my father if he was proud that I have never done drugs, never drank alcohol, never had sex, never had psychological problems, never been to the hospital for something serious, never been in a fight and maintain good grades. He told me I was a boring daughter. FML
I agree, your life sucks 57 141
You deserved it 20 332

Same thing different taste

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ApollosMyth 22

Well, fishing for compliments never turns out as you hoped, does it?

Well you can rest easy knowing that the FML community are proud of you. Good work!

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OP, it's the same in my neck of the woods. Even worse, seeing as I usually sit at home and chill on the computer, when I say I'm going out, I get interrogated endlessly..."who's going? where? when will you be back? AJDKLJFH" It's not fun :/ Plus, I hate sports, so my dad thinks I'm gay (no logic there), but I'm not ;D

I drink occasionally (and have been drunk a few times), am not a virgin, had mediocre grades in middle school and high school, and am a diagnosed sufferer of bipolar disorder. I am also a performer with an impressive resume to my name, work an office job making almost $20/hr, and have many self-taught skills, including sewing, keyboard, and violin. A friend of mine has severe anxiety and depression and is also not a virgin. She makes a living as a freelance graphic designer after having graduated college with high grades, has been known to volunteer at soup kitchens, and makes and sells her home-made crafts on the side. Yet another friend drinks, has sex, used to frequent the rave scene every weekend, and has been to the ER many times. She just started her own business, is incredibly intelligent, speaks three languages, models professionally, and has a list of special skills as long as your arm. You don’t have to have a squeaky-clean record to be a person worth being proud of. Even worse than the desperate desire for approval, though, is the way your FML seems to imply that you look down upon those of us who DON’T follow the same path you do. If these are your personal ethics, then yes, you should be proud of yourself for sticking to them. But under no circumstances should you look at others as inferior for living their lives differently, especially because not being a healthy, sober virgin doesn’t automatically make someone a bad person. And I’m not even going to touch the health problems thing, enough of the previous comments already covered that.

You do sound boring, and fishing for compliments from your dad? No one likes a suck-up sweetie. Get a life.

someonefromearth 4

I'm glad you have these values, OP. However, not having psychological problems is not something to be proud of. People can't choose whether or not they have psychological problems.

Its not even about doing those things, its about handling it. i hate when people brag about not doing bad things bc they think their so much better. ha.

Anyone can keep good grades like that. Try drinking drugs and staying all night and still be on the honor role that's something to be proud of

Don't listen to anyone, not even your Dad. if these are your values, and what makes you proud to be you, you must be true to yourself. (Your Dad is a fool, in my opinion.) Drinking, and drugs can be fun, sure - but there is many people who really can't handle school and those activities. Their lives go down the toilets for short term fun, while the overachieving nerds with no lives (according to other people) go on to have great success.

I meant serious injury as in going to the hospital for something stupid like punching a beehive. As for psychological problems I meant things that you choose to do when your insecurities are everywhere, not something like bipolar ism or schizophrenia or Down syndrome. I'm 15 and I was just curious about whether or not my dad was proud, like every normal kid out there

It's really rare these days...congrats :D