myTakes: Family & Friends
I don’t connect with new people very well. I don’t think that will ever change, and that’s OK
I’ll start with some background on myself. My parents got divorced when I was very young. I lived with my mom from ages 4-13 and only saw my dad on weekends. I was an only child until age 10. When I was in school, I was a...
Talk Listen Ratios: A Concept
I decided to write this post after losing a friend. I didn't feel much resentment when we stopped talking. I actually feel rather free now. I believe that his talk-listen ratio is to blame. Let me explain: Talk listen...
How to quit a friendship that doesn't serve you anymore efficiently
I recently realized that my two best friends were no longer serving my needs or expectations in our friendship and decided I was done with them for good. Here's how you quit a friendship, the efficient way. 1. Evaluate...
Why you shouldn't have kids (if you don't want any)
This question was inspired by @Brittanyroseee and h she made a question on the whole subject so I wanted to add my opinions on some of the reasons why some women are childless. This wouldn't be like my other Mytakes...
November 3rd, 2022: Ten Full Years Now Since She Passed Away
You know, I died twice in my life already. The first time was when I was 18, and I learned I would never actually physically grow up. I never got my long awaited growth spurt. I never moved an inch beyond the midget,...
Six Important Rules I Live By
Here are 6 important rules I live by. If you are interested in the rules I live by, I encourage you to read my post. 1. Don't Associate with People Who Get My Name Wrong I strongly despise people who get my name wrong...
Why I don't have a great relationship with my mother
I'm sure all mothers want their daughters to be close to them. But I am not. Let me start by explaining my mom. She isn't very lazy but she's lazy, she tends to be controlling and very opinionated which drives my dad...
Children need to work
You've heard the saying ''God helps those who help themselves.'' And while it is not at all biblical it is true. When you are sick you must aid nature in your recovery. As a child your parents can only encourage you to...
Dislike of children is reasonable
Controversial opinion, or not? A disclaimer: Children have equal moral worth to adults, I wish children nothing but love, respect, and it is never ever justified to harm a child. Just in case you think I am suggesting...
Why do some women become single mothers?
Of Beggars and Liars [Part I]: Why do some women become single mothers? I'm not going to attempt to make a fully fledged series out of different topics but I am planning to add four parts on different topics (It'll...
Can You Resonate With This?
All life, at all times, only ever existing in the moment; relief from the distresses of less kindhearted approaches to life, and the nurturing of the desire in each of us to come to grow wholesomely and enduringly, are...
Social Skills for roommates to ensure everyone contributes to the emotional labor
Assuming everything else is going well with your roommates, such as everyone taking turns cleaning and taking out the trash, here is a starting list on how to ensure that everyone chips in to the emotional labor. Feel...
I can't take this anymore!!!
There is this boy who bullies my little brother and on Saturday he decided he would follow my brother around. I promptly stopped him and said. ''take your chair and stay with your sister and leave my brother alone.'' He...
Milestone Birthdays
I had a shitty childhood. It wasn't really anyone's fault, I went to Disney a lot and my parents loved me and I was a good looking kid. But I was always lonely. Psychologists say that a kid has until the age of 4 to learn...
Mytake Part 1 - The effects of my childhood spankings
With so many topics rumbling about, what better subject then to address a topic that has happened to myself? When it comes to the topic of whether spanking is an effective means of child discipline, you typically either...
Today's Parents Will Never Be Like Yesterday's Parents
Today's parents are at the very least dysfunctional. They generally carry the psychopathic traits of an authoritarian parent and the narcissistic traits of a permissive or uninvolved parent. Modern parents in the US are...
What Are Your Thoughts on Mental Health?
I think mental health shouldn't be something to ignore or turn a blind eye to. Mental health affects different people in different ways. Depression can come at anyone even when the person seems like they're happy and have...
Dear Moms and Dads!
I know you might think you got this under control but let me give you some tips from personal experince 1. Don't violate your kids privacy My mom and Dad go threw my messages and i'm like guys i kinda don't want y'all to...
How I would raise my daughter, when I have one
I'm 17, so this mytake is hypothetical, but this is how I would raise my daughter, when I have one. I wouldn't force my daughter to do these things, but I wish that she would do them. This would mainly come when my...
How Mothers Do Their Own Damage to Our Children
As a society we often still want to place blame on fathers or the lack of fathers for why our kids have issues or grow up to have them. And in reality that is neither fair or accurate. We forget that there is also another...
