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>>24255
>The idea of kids having a social life separate from the parents is a blow to the ego.
This is ironic, considering a lot of parents don't even bother to have a social life with their kids in the first place, but God help you when, long after you've left the nest, they decide it's time to have one ----> my father was like that. From the time I was born to the time I moved out, he didn't really want to do much with me. He was of the opinion that every single outing had to be with the entire family. If only I wanted to go out to X to do Y, and no one else wanted to, then he would stay home. Then, he'd say no one wanted to do anything. As I came into my own, and made friends, and went out with friends, he got pretty mad.
>Why can't you do anything with your family?
>What do you mean? I've asked you repeatedly to spend time with me.
>But it's not worth spending time with you if the others don't tag along.
He was a living Principal Skinner meme, the "no, it's the X who are wrong" one. Now he's practically alone (he still lives with my mom, but she hates him and if she weren't so lazy/messed up in her own way, she'd have been long gone) because he drove all his kids away. I used to hate it myself, the fact I didn't have a normal family like all the other kids, but I made my peace with it.