No more heroes
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Since I had guests last weekend and was unable to join in the Weekend Experiences, I thought I'd delight you all by posting on last week's topic this week instead.
Until I saw the prompt, I can’t say I’d ever come across the expression "Be your own hero," but I’m guessing that it’s one of those newfangled motivational slogans from around the turn of the century. Back in the twentieth century, when the world was a far more sensible place, anyone coming up with a maxim like "Be your own hero" or "Clean your room" would have been placed in the stocks and pelted with rotten fruit until they saw the error of their ways.
Now, I don't know about being my own hero, I’m more the hide-behind-the-sofa-until-the-bogeyman-is-gone type than I am the heroic type, but one thing I’ve always been is self-reliant and resilient. I know, I know, that’s two things, but nobody will notice.
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The truth is that being raised by two drunks who made no bones about telling you that you were an unwanted accident is rather like being thrown into deep water without swimming lessons or water wings. You very quickly learn to swim, or you drown. Self-reliance isn't so much a virtue as a prerequisite for survival.
My father seemed to expect us children to emerge from the womb fully formed, immediately useful and already contributing to the household. He had about as much interest in parenting as my mother did, and she had none.
He liked to regale us with stories of the Spartans and how they exposed infants to harsh conditions to test their robustness and how children were sent away from their families to fend for themselves to encourage independence and resilience from a very young age.
I could complain, but I won't. As it turned out, it was excellent preparation for the turbulent life that awaited me.
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Posted in response to Galenkp's Weekend experiences asking ' ' Be your own hero: What does this mean to you and why?".
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What a lovely and honest piece my lovely @deirdyweirdy. It could have been quite bleak without the humour, but you managed to turn things into something positive. Just from this I can see your strength and resilience. I was ready to cry, but you made me laugh. 💕
Dammit! I was trying to make you cry. Foiled again!:)
Your parents knew what they were doing, if they managed to turn out the likes of you,
You're lovely, but I actually turned out perfect just to spite them:)
Well, you turned out alright. I do have to be rather happy that you wrote, as your first tag 'weekend-engagemen'. :P
Hahaha, hilarious! I can't quite believe it and though my fingers are itching to correct it, I'll let it stand as proof that even I, who checks her posts 20 times before publishing can still fuck up:)
Lmao - the joy I felt was incalculable.
That's me, bringing incalculable joy where'er I go:)
😂😂😂😂 I will never forget this moment on Hive.
Bitch!:)
Forever and ever...
What's that saying? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?
Sorry, I'm not going to laud your parents because you ended up OK. Better than OK. Wonderful. Admirable. Strong. But what a waste of a childhood. All those years. Sorry I can't see the method in their cruelty.
You are just made of finer stuff. And what about your brother? How did that work out for him. As fine as you turned out, imagine if they had helped you along.
Can't see the humor in it, but all the more power to you that you always can.
My younger brother is as mad as a bag of cats, which is hardly surprising since I more or less raised him.
As for finding humour in everything I think GK Chesterton had it right..."Always be comic in a tragedy. What the deuce else can you do?”
When all my siblings were alive, and my nieces and nephews were young adults, they used to sit around and make fun of us. We had a great mother, so we are all productive, independent adults. But each one of us is a bit off :)) Weird childhoods have an effect. It's inevitable. I never thought about it, that we were all a bit off, but the nieces and nephews saw it and thought it was funny. I guess Chesterton had it right.
Hahaha, it's no wonder you and I can relate then. I suppose my childhood nickname says it all. I was always a bit of a weirdo and my two siblings are not much better. My half-brother has never been employed other than by me and neither of my siblings has ever had a lasting relationship. I've had a number of lengthy ones but I've always been more content on my own. That we've all ended up living together in the same compound is in itself quite unusual.
Am glad you definitely turned out okay...and you are definitely your own hero
As much as I am appreciative of my own parents (who were deeply involved and wonderful), I sometimes believe that a little tough love might have better prepared myself and my siblings for the harsh realities of life especially in my younger years.
That said, we all turned out okay ...lol
You're lucky to have good parents. I used to envy children whose parents were affectionate towards them. Neither of our parents ever touched us.
Last week this week?
Nuts, but I like it!
Thanks Mr. G. You're a bit nuts yourself but I like you too:)
Being told to be unwanted can be psychologically hard for a kid, even worse than being beaten, but hey they will need your help as elders and you can say, you are unwanted parents
They're both dead now, though I did look after my father, who had dementia, for four long years. I try not to hold grudges:)
Turned out great. You should be proud of yourself for doing so well and coming from such shit.
Y'know if I hadn't had such a tough time as a child, I'd probably have had it a lot tougher as an adult. As it was, I always felt invincible, as if I could do anything I set my mind to.....and thanks a lot for the tip:)
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