tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post3706437648024782123..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: DisappointmentWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-40411301762226572152011-11-21T17:21:00.654-03:302011-11-21T17:21:00.654-03:30Nora:
I was far too young and it was the sixties a...Nora:<br />I was far too young and it was the sixties and Ireland wasn't out of its females should be "barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen" phase. My father was heard to say a few times that brains were wasted on his daughter. A product of his era.<br /><br />Ramana:<br />Interesting story. I wouldn't trade my existing life either. But we never do know what we have missed. A very good thing, probably.<br /><br />GM:<br />It was a brilliant school - the nuns were extraordinarly progressive for their time in hiring men and a couple of our nun teachers were PhDs themselves. One specialized in the Crimean War. Too bad your school let you down, it has a lifetime effect I believe.<br /><br />Friko:<br />Me too. And the best thing I ever did was leave Ireland and its repressive attitudes towards women.<br /><br />T:<br />I do see you as a counsellor with your insights into the human condition, but your talents would have been wasted on a psych ward however.<br /><br />Nick:<br />England was the hotbed of pagans and communists and worse of all ATHEISTS and SEX MANIACS. And feelings still ran high then from 1916, etc. And I might have had access to the worst sin of all: BIRTH CONTROL.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-6327308601167667992011-11-21T16:05:52.498-03:302011-11-21T16:05:52.498-03:30It's a shame your family were so hostile to yo...It's a shame your family were so hostile to your leaving for England. What exactly did they object to? Did they think you'd be led astray by all sorts of reprobates?nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-50954103247443647172011-11-21T13:40:55.535-03:302011-11-21T13:40:55.535-03:30We could play The Butterfly Effect game, and say t...We could play The Butterfly Effect game, and say that - well - you maybe wouldn't have the lovely Grandgirl you now have....and some twists and turns of your life would have manifested in slightly different ways, with similar outcomes.<br /><br />The only potential career my parents persuaded me not to follow was to train as a psychiatric nurse. I'd applied and had been accepted, at the time. I'm glad - with hindsight - my parents knew me better, then, than I knew myself.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-43154316842070860062011-11-21T13:04:47.849-03:302011-11-21T13:04:47.849-03:30Disappointment has to be short-lived, regret can l...Disappointment has to be short-lived, regret can last a life time.<br /><br />I had a place in an acting school belonging to a very prestigious theatre in Germany. Guess what my parents said?<br /><br />Anything I have ever achieved, I have achieved in the teeth of opposition.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11135595203626155322011-11-21T10:15:58.084-03:302011-11-21T10:15:58.084-03:30You were more than fortunate with that school. I ...You were more than fortunate with that school. I don't think I ever heard one word of encouragement during my time at school.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-80555798130798568442011-11-21T10:10:44.812-03:302011-11-21T10:10:44.812-03:30I can relate to that. I got selected to the India...I can relate to that. I got selected to the Indian Army's Emergency Commission immediately after the Chinese incursion. My mother threw a fit and the whole family piled on to me to not go to join up. I do not know quite what would have happened had I joined up but, I do know what has happened because I did not and I quite like what has happened. This is one of the reasons that I do not believe that we live our lives. Our lives are being lived for us.-Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-52355151037761031362011-11-21T00:31:39.630-03:302011-11-21T00:31:39.630-03:30Do you mean that you had no right to your disappoi...Do you mean that you had no right to your disappointment? It seems to me you had every reason to be and that your father really pushed his weight around. Did some form of rebellion not grow out of this? How did it help you deal with disappointments later on in life? XOXIrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.com