Do you have pushy parents?Did they make you do things you weren't interested in for your own good or did they let you cultivate your own dreams and motivations? Do they constantly remind you about how your siblings and cousins are doing much better than you?
I wouldn't call my parents pushy, but they did have their expectations. I think they mostly just expected me to push myself, but I can't be arsed.
edit: alt: make a guess at the kind of parent(s) any forum member had from their style of participation here
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:09,
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alt: make a guess at the kind of parent(s) any forum member had from their style of participation here
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vladimir, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:11,
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surprise pug!!!!www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHo4vk55amI&feature=fvsr
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vladimir, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:15,
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for some reason that came up with an advert for the University of Aberdeen.(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:18,
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I don't think they were specially pushy, they rewarded effort and achievement and provided large amounts of opportunity.the only time i felt pushed was when my dad signed me up for piano lessons, which i didn't particularly want to do, with a very strict/scary teacher. i cried every term and never took any grades.
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sleepybinky, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:14,
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How did they reward you?I got a coffee mug for passing my A-levels and that was about it.
They always wanted me to learn a musical instrument, but I didn't. For some reason they still seem to hold it against me.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:17,
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well we got a LOT of books and things like art supplies, but also appreciation.my brother did well in his GCSEs so my dad got him a new guitar... they rewarded our interest in extra-curricular activities by investing in those activities more, I suppose.
i was the least musical person. My brother learned clarinet, moved onto saxophone, and also plays guitar; my sister is a grade 8 cellist who supplemented babysitting money with being in a string quartet on hire for events.
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sleepybinky, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:29,
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you're the Bez to the rest of the family's Happy Mondays(
spesh., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:07,
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It's because your Dad wanted you to re-enact Kate Bush's "Babooshka" video for his private wank bankby refusing to master the double bass you've let him down
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:32,
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I think glued eel was raised in the wild by robots.(
JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:14,
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I reckon he's the illegitimate daughter of a checkout girl who stuck a bottle of actimel up her cunt for a bet, and then got pregnant.
The child was born in the stockroom and concealed there, raised on a diet of refrigerated and microwaveable products until it escaped through the air conditioning. For years it thought the Laughing Cow was its mum.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:22,
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at least go to some effort and make something up grrrmachine, don't just post the outline of an x-files episode
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vladimir, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:24,
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This may explain his crazy Frijj obsession.(
JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:24,
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my mum has definitely improved with agewww.thelaughingcow.co.uk/history.html
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glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:27,
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SHUT UP(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:02,
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I understand it all knowyou were raised thinking your mother was La Vache Qui Rit, and since her disappearance you've been obsessed with Rustlers.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:07,
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same with binky except(
manolith hooray for me, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:54,
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stuj was raised by adeli penguins, unfortunately they rejected him at a very early age so he had to fend for himself through many terrible winters, hence both his interest in weather and his compulsive affection-seeking and giving, and also his exclusive herring diet
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vladimir, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:18,
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HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?Mum?
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:39,
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o< WAAARK WAAARK!:D
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:19,
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vlad's parents were failed poets who always left the top line of any correspondence blank(
manolith hooray for me, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:40,
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my parents beat me up with sticks(
Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:20,
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at a parents-teachers meeting, my Mum announced:"of course he doesn't do his homework. It's bad enough him having to learn all the stuff you tell him already, without forcing more antiquated dogma into his head after school".
She was my headmaster's University lecturer.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:20,
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that explains why you're kind of a douche(
Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:22,
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I have know qualms in stating that Philip Larkin was right about parents(
Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:26,
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did he say they didn't understand him and slam his office door a bit?(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:27,
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he's the one who said parents are cunts and should fuck off right?(
Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:29,
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Pretty muchin contrast, it's probably why my Dad made me get my Machinery license when I was 18, in an attempt to dissuade me from going to university and turning out like my mum.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:33,
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They are just great, your mum and dad
They mean to be and so they are
They fill you with tea cake and jam
And drive you about in their car
Because their parents in their turn
Were just so great to them you see
That’s where their mum-dad skills were learned
That were so good for you and me
We hand our happiness along
It deepens like a riverbed
With this device there’s nothing wrong
I think that’s just what Larkin said
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vladimir, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:33,
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Look, if you get fed jam as a child you end up like Shamblesthat's tantamount to child abuse
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:36,
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I think mine let me do what I wanted to do, as long as I put loads of effort in.I had problems at school (dysphasia) but that wasn't really recognised back then so most of the teachers wrote me off as lazy and uninterested. But mum and dad used to be strict with me about my education, making me do exercises on top of my homework and sending me to a private tutor on Saturdays. At the time I thought they were being over the top but I can sort of see why they did it. The hospital finally said that it was my health rather than my attitude that was causing the problems.
I think my Dad wished I was better at craft and sport but I think that was just the world he grew up in rather than anything else.
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:35,
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I've never heard of dysphasia(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:38,
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it's all related to my faulty headwww.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/dysphasia1.shtml
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:43,
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were you born with that then?(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:46,
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seems like it, nobody can give me an answer as there are too many variablesIf they had given me a brain scan when I was a kid then maybe
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:54,
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have you tried pinching your nose and blowing?(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:58,
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Faulty head The LOVELY Hedonist? LIES ON THE INTERNET MORE LIKE!You spent your ENTIRE childhood squiffy on Chivas Regal and Bollinger and we all know it.
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:43,
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one of my parents is ace (supportive, kind, etc)the other is rubbish (pushy, neglectful, racist)
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manolith hooray for me, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:38,
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are they both police detectives?(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:40,
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yeah, and i forgot to mention that one of them is blackplayed by martin lawrence in the movie adaptation
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manolith hooray for me, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:50,
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do they live under the sea?(
glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:00,
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A bit strict..but not that bothered about school work. Basically spent most of my youth playing video games. A habit I have not changed now I'm in my twenties.
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theniwokeup has been awake since, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:42,
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well what were the staff like?(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 13:45,
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poor mongy, still finds it painful to sit down even after all these years(
spesh., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:00,
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they don't do nothing mongs, they ignore me or tell me that they'll ban me for complainingits every man for himself
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i didn't want to bring this up on the board but you've forced my handyour biological parents are baldmonkey and two hats. i'm so sorry.
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manolith hooray for me, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:01,
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for serious? fuck man that makes me proudwhich ones my mummy? recokn i could get baldmionkey to breastfeed for sure
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Yeah, but you were only there because you broke in.You found out they had a fishpond in the grounds and you were over that wall as fast as you could.
Your mum and dad are STILL searching for you.
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:37,
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I like to think I just about fufilled my parents justifiably low expectations of me.(
Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:09,
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one is a grumpy neglectful old bugger, but he's ace.Mum took the easy way out and died.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:15,
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Not pushy at allMy parents are quite laid back. Almost horizontal in fact, to the point where no-one raises any issues ever for fear of hurting someone's feelings. I prefer the direct approach.
Mind you they did look a bit worried when I said I was quitting my job
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spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:43,
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we all know from experience just how horizontal your parents can get(
manolith hooray for me, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:45,
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A mum joke!It's been too long
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spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:58,
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All I'd ask of my children is that they don't believe in God.(
mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:44,
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Where did God get the idea for women from?Did he look at his own nob and go, 'I'd love to put this in something' and then thought, 'I'd better give that something a face and tits too?'
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mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 15:08,
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So that they won't grow up believing that their dad's going to BURN IN HELL?(
stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:57,
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aww, it's alright when they are little, makes christmas special, going to see him in his grotto and that, they soon grow out of it(
mongychops, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:59,
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Both were pretty strictCan I somehow blame this for my tendancy to take MASSIVE drugs nearly every weekend, or am I just a shit?
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Glovington, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:45,
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is this some sort of gay Rock/Paper/Scissors?(
Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Mon 28 Nov 2011, 14:50,
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