There is something unattractive about very definitely grown
up children who blame parents for things that are not going quite right in
their lives. Decidedly unappealing but
more common than you might think and in recent months I have stumbled across
more than a handful of these middle aged misfits.
For instance there’s the thirty eight year old currently heaping
liability upon her elderly parents for not recognizing her musical talent when
she was at primary school. Had she
started piano lessons earlier she might well by now have joined the world
circuit of concert pianists.
Then there’s the thirty seven year old who was forced – yes forced to practice the violin day after day
because he, poor lad, was unlucky enough to have the kind of observant parents
who did notice his musical
talent; just imagine that! It’s led to all kinds of complexes.
I mustn’t forget to include the forty two year old who was
sent to an expensive single sex boys’ school when he would have been so much
happier at the local Comprehensive ….oh and he was compelled to do Calculus
when he yearned for Cookery – poor chap, you can understand why he feels he’s
been let down in a big way.
I cannot ignore the hoards of unfortunates who were sent to schools with decidedly religious foundations
(Catholic, Anglican, Jewish, Muslim) because their undoubtedly well-meaning but
quite irresponsible parents failed to see that their child was simply not cut
out for Faith. You have to feel quite
wretched for them don’t you? - the
offspring, not the parents I mean.
And can you imagine what it must have been like for all
those luckless little prodigies in Russia during the Cold War who were herded
into Dance Academies and Circus Schools when what they might have dreamed about was Advanced Mathematics or Political Studies. The harm that was heaped upon them is not
pretty to contemplate is it?
As for the ill-fated closer to home, you have to shed a tear
or two for those kids compelled to undergo home schooling programmes operated
by sadistic parents who undoubtedly knew
their child was desperate to go back for another bout with the classroom
bullies.
Look, I could go on and on – I mean I haven’t even touched
on the subject of the vicious and inhuman couples who actually allowed their
helpless infant sons to be circumcised.
Totally barbaric, I’m sure you’ll agree. One of these victims, a man in
his forties recently charged his father with `the amputation’ of his penis. And guess what? – that unfeeling old eighty one
year old absolutely refuses to take responsibility for his son’s subsequent
failure in life. In fact I won’t even
tell you what his response was – it’s too rude!
You would not mock female circumcision so lightly. Male circumcision can be just as devastating.
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