Father's phrases... that you only now understand
Dear Dad:
When I was a kid... everything that came out of your mouth sounded like a joke or a joke to me... as if we spoke different languages.
Only with the weight of the years have I realized that, behind those “fatherly” phrases, tremendous psychology, history and wisdom were hidden.
And, for that reason, today we come to acknowledge it to you.
1. When you are a father, you will eat eggs
At that time that phrase felt like a kick in the lollipop 🍭. There are some who, as revenge, today eat the entire refrigerator (meat, milk and eggs)... but who more and who less, learned that there are things that give more pleasure and are better enjoyed if they are achieved with patience and good handwriting
2. Because I am your father/because I said so… period!
Setting limits for yourself... gave you clues so that your future self could become like Shakira and Karol G, triple m: better, harder and more level. Now you have taken note ✍️ of how #PutoBien it feels to set limits, say #nomerenta and defend your opinions, no matter who it is.
3. Where are you going with those pints?
What if that one was born here? routine to check what you have done a tempter before leaving home?
Although it seems that you and your father have exchanged wardrobes (now you value "vintage" and he embraces Decathlon tracksuits), in his mind you will always be a criminal... 😏
4. I'm just going to count to three and...
Not even the Mario Kart countdown gave you so much anxiety. But if you had to count how many times you have counted to three in your head to avoid committing a crime against public order …your old man would be proud.
5. At your age I was already working / I had a house / I supported my family / …
We, at the age of our parents and beyond, will continue to create a drama every time we have to file our income tax return.
But if your dad is happy to serenade you with the romance of moving the family forward... well, son, one a year doesn't hurt .
6. At your age I spent the day playing in the street / Do you think this is a hotel so you can only come to sleep and eat?
All full of confusing and contradictory messages: when you were logged into Messenger... to leave... and when you left, to come back again. To come back again…
If this hasn't shown you that virtue lies in the middle (some days you'll be the one who closes the office, other days you'll be the one who closes the after-hours... neither for you nor for me), we don't know what will.
Okay, it was a bummer not to find Casper's house or Heman's Starship Eternia on Three Kings' Day or not to have them buy you a Kinder egg every time you found it difficult...
But that's how your father taught you to be the accountant of your house, that it is more important to support the family than an army of Funko Pops and that, no matter how cold it is, having the heating on full so you can ride around your kelly leaves. expensive at the end of the month.
7 Do you believe that money grows on trees? / Do you think I'm a cashier?
Okay, it was a bummer not to find Casper's house or Heman's Starship Eternia on Three Kings' Day or not to have them buy you a Kinder egg every time you found it difficult...
But that's how your father taught you to be the accountant of your house, that it is more important to support the family than an army of Funko Pops and that, no matter how cold it is, having the heating on full so you can go jogging around your kelly leaves. expensive at the end of the month.
8. When you have your house you will do what you want, but as long as you live under my roof you will follow my rules
We received those words as a perpetual sentence. And now... say that you get out of jail, but going back to mom and dad's house on Sundays to eat lentils because you don't get the point of the pressure cooker... no.
9. Son, how is everything? Okay? Come on, I'll give you your mother.
Those 'ok' in response to a 5-minute audio on WhatsApp. The monosyllabic responses or the 'what you have to do is stop with so much nonsense and xx' when your head was on an emotional roller coaster.
The intermittent reinforcements, the dripping hugs and the excessive demands... so that you would have a better future than theirs.
10. Someday you will thank me
Well... say YES dad
Thank you to all the daddies who did everything they could and more... out of pure love. Perhaps without today's tools for empathy, for active listening, to see ourselves as we needed to be seen... or simply to show all that affection that they kept, as if it were going to be spent or lose value.
But always, always, always... full of love. ❤️🔥
PD: And if when you go to see your father to celebrate, he tells you that every year you are more alike...
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