It's scary how much I'm becoming like my parents. | #026
Feb 12, 2024
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Exploring the author's observations about their parents' fashion choices and reflecting on the three phases of their relationship with them. The speaker reflects on inherited traits and gains empathy for their parents. Reflecting on how the speaker is becoming like their parents and exploring the influence of nature and nurture on personal growth.
The podcast host has come to appreciate their parents' fashion choices from the 80s and 90s as fashion trends from that era resurface.
The podcast host has gained empathy and understanding for their parents by experiencing similar challenges and making similar life decisions, leading to greater acceptance and recognition of their parents' dynamics.
Deep dives
Discovering Similarities in Fashion and Personal Traits
Looking at old photos of the podcast host's parents from the 80s and 90s, they initially found their style ridiculous. However, as fashion trends from that era resurface, the host now appreciates their parents' fashion choices. Beyond fashion, the host has also realized various personality traits and sensitivities shared with their parents, such as being sensitive to noise and having an obsessive approach to creativity and work.
Phases of the Parent-Child Relationship
Throughout their life, the podcast host's perception of their parents has gone through three phases. In early childhood, the parents were perceived as superheroes who could do no wrong. During adolescence, the flaws of the parents became evident, leading to a phase of distancing and not wanting to be like them. Currently, as an adult, the host has gained empathy and understanding by experiencing similar challenges and making similar life decisions, leading to a greater acceptance and recognition of their parents' dynamics.
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