I have been thinking.....and wondering....if anyone went through something similar to what I went through as a kid and now as an adult. I love my parents, don't get me wrong, and I appreciate all they have done for me. I feel, however that the living conditions they have now and as I was growing up weren't necessary. My dad started "adding on" to our house when I was growing up (started when I was probably in the 3rd grad or so) and the house was never finished. We had cinder block walls and "owen corning" insulation as our ceiling. It was never finished and they decided to move into a finished house (nice at the time) when I went to college. I was happy for them and hoped that things would change about keeping things in working order and looking nice around the house. But now, after they have been in the new house for 14 years, I am seeing that their house is falling apart and has been for quite some time. They won't do anything about it and we have tried to talk them into moving, but they are not going to any time soon. It's not because they are poor or anything....I hate to say this, but I think they are a little "lazy" when it to things like this. They don't want to spend the money to fix something. And on those same lines of fixing something....my dad's teeth are getting real bad and he won't go to the dentist....he just keeps loosing teeth so it's kind of embarrassing. I am embarrassed when my husband and I go to their house and see that the walls are cracking, it's not as clean as it should be, etc., etc. But what can I do without hurting my moms feelings and my dad's too!
Sorry I just had to vent.....Christmas is next week already and we are supposed to go there for Christmas eve and am not really looking forward to it because I am ashamed of their living conditions.
thanks for listening.
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As an adult....have your parents done anything that embarrassed you?
