“Despite all the talk about living for one’s children, despite all that we do for our children–usually too much–the Americcan child is not happy with his parents nor, what is worse, is he happy with himself. He sense that he is in the way, that he is a problem, that he is being bought off.” –Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Disappointment is a bitter pill to swallow.
Not going to lie – this hurt more than I expected. Part of me wonders how much of it was me and my answers, rather