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mopinko

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8. thank you. i had a feeling

Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:01 PM

Sep 2016

that i would get a lot of posts like the above, and few like yours.
which is odd considering how much parent bashing goes on around here, but......

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how old were you when you forgave your parents? [View all] mopinko Sep 2016 OP

For me it was quite the opposite True Dough Sep 2016 #1

Nothing to forgive. femmocrat Sep 2016 #2

For me they need no forgiveness. They loved us, we loved them and now miss them. Fla Dem Sep 2016 #3

did have kids and did my best. mopinko Sep 2016 #6

I can only wish you peace in your heart. Fla Dem Sep 2016 #39

thank you. mopinko Sep 2016 #40

My parents did everything they could for us. cwydro Sep 2016 #4

Wow Sanity Claws Sep 2016 #5

thank you. i had a feeling mopinko Sep 2016 #8

Maybe my situation was different from theirs Sanity Claws Sep 2016 #12

i have been known to say mopinko Sep 2016 #14

Around age 28....when I finally realized I had outgrown.... Tikki Sep 2016 #7

yeah, the clothes thing mopinko Sep 2016 #9

Moms can be short-sited.... Tikki Sep 2016 #13

I never blamed them for anything?? Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #10

i was almost there. mopinko Sep 2016 #11

It was between me and my Mom. And I was in my late twenties. And it was mutual. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2016 #15

speaking of grave-dancing OriginalGeek Sep 2016 #16

I forgave my dad too late to say goodbye. He passed away when I was 24. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #17

ugh. parental jealousy. mopinko Sep 2016 #18

Becoming a parent yourself gives you a lot more compassionate vision Cairycat Sep 2016 #19

raising my own kids def helped me get it. mopinko Sep 2016 #28

forgive isn't really the word I would use Kali Sep 2016 #20

yeah, the flaw were obvious. mopinko Sep 2016 #29

Insight Marthe48 Sep 2016 #21

that's a heavy load. mopinko Sep 2016 #30

Thanks for saying Marthe48 Sep 2016 #32

My mom had 5 kids between 1948-1960. She could only like 2 at a time likesmountains 52 Sep 2016 #22

Haven't reached that age yet Generic Brad Sep 2016 #23

that makes my brain hurt. mopinko Sep 2016 #35

It was just my father, and it was when I had my first baby. Laffy Kat Sep 2016 #24

grandkids can do that. mopinko Sep 2016 #36

About 30, maybe Bryan Sep 2016 #25

25. progressoid Sep 2016 #26

Late 30s Iris Sep 2016 #27

I'm one of the lucky ones--there was really nothing to forgive. Not saying my childhood was catbyte Sep 2016 #31

You were lucky! Phentex Sep 2016 #34

Never. Is that too soon? And it got worse once I had kids Phentex Sep 2016 #33

well good that you broke the pattern. mopinko Sep 2016 #37

True. I think there are lots of people like me... Phentex Sep 2016 #38

I don't remember. LWolf Sep 2016 #41

it was when i tried to put myself in her shoes. mopinko Sep 2016 #42

Doesn't that help us LWolf Sep 2016 #47

yes it certainly does. mopinko Sep 2016 #48

Never did. Never will. Codeine Sep 2016 #43

oh my. mopinko Sep 2016 #44

Um, never. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #45

you are a lucky man. mopinko Sep 2016 #46

I never hated my parents handmade34 Sep 2016 #49

Most of the time I'm looking to forgive myself for the way I treated them... NNadir Sep 2016 #50

I am thankful every day for the love of my father. PassingFair Sep 2016 #51

It happened after they died. rivegauche Sep 2016 #52

too bad it was too late. mopinko Sep 2016 #53

I had great parents. They were flawed, but loved me. panader0 Sep 2016 #54

I'll say what panaderO says, "great parents ... flawed, but loved me." UTUSN Sep 2016 #56

It wasn't so much Jamaal510 Sep 2016 #55