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Originally posted by Rodrico Its true, I drove her home afterwards.

0 influence really

my Mom is a music teacher of 22 years, whereas my dad is a seaman, I'm an economist lol

then again seems like all females from my Mom's side chose an entirely different career then their parents pursued - my grandfather was in the KGB (no kidding!), and wanted my Mom to become a lawyer

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Originally posted by Cribby My parents also have a lack of impact on my life. I'm pretty much a rebel and will usually do the opposite of what they ask me to do. It's gotten to the point where I enjoy not living up to their expectations, because it really irritates me when they brag about me to friends/family. Old fashioned porkchop parents value their reputations and egos way too highly...and they love to talk crap. Kind of off-topic but yea...my choices are my own.

hahah I feel the same way sometimes.

My parents are really old fashioned and are buggin that I dont have kids yet! KIDS!! ffs I dont even wanna get married. ewwww


Every phone call I get from them I have to justify going out even for a drink because "I am too old for that and should be settling down." lol guess I shouldnt tell em about the rest of the shit I do.

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby buggin that I dont have kids yet! KIDS!! ffs I dont even wanna get married. ewwww

That can be arranged

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I was the closest to being a doctor like my dad and grandfather. My mom was an artist, and I ended up in the IT field.

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I am following in my parents footsteps, but as I said in the other thread, it's not like I'm doing it to appease them or anything - I like it, and it just so happens they do the same stuff.

P.S. Both of my parents and me are doing the same thing - software dev, although my mom is more on the database/AS400 side.

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My mother was a nurse in nerve damage and spinal injury for years before switching gears and is now the 3M Medical Rep. for Canada.

So no, I am not following in my parents footsteps. I'm actually a disappointment of sorts because I'm interested in the arts.

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My father is a fourth generation doctor (3 of them even have the same name) and part of me always felt a little 'guilty' that my sisters and I wouldn't be going into medicine in our chosen careers (he has never given us the impression this disappoints him or anything though).
I guess the closest I have come so far to following in his footsteps is emigrating to another country at around the same age!

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My whole life was heavily influenced by what my Dad wanted rather than what i want. He picked the schools i went to. The college i went to. The courses i took. The sports i played and everything in between. Being the youngest of 5 brothers i always felt very pressuerd that i must do just as good as my dad and my brothers. My dad made me take Electronics Eng. in University because thats was the only way i could get help from him in regards to paying for the Uni. I had a partial scholarship for playing football so that helped out but to this day i have never used anything i learned in school to a practical use. I felt like it all went to a waste. I have forgotten 90% of what i learned in the Eng. courses i took. Since high school i have been in sales and media marketing and thats where i will be for the remainder of me life My dad is obviously not very happy about the choices i made regarding my career and what not and its part of the reason he hasn't seen me in over 5 years.

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby hahah I feel the same way sometimes. My parents are really old fashioned and are buggin that I dont have kids yet! KIDS!! ffs I dont even wanna get married. ewwww Every phone call I get from them I have to justify going out even for a drink because "I am too old for that and should be settling down." lol guess I shouldnt tell em about the rest of the shit I do.

My mom already had 3 kids by the time she was 23. 23!! I can't fathom having even ONE kid before 30. I don't even see a point in getting married unless I want to have a family.

My parents had a heavy (or is that heavy-handed) influence on everything I did, at least academically and professionaly. Both of them are mechanical engineers by profession, but my mother switched to IT, and I went in that general direction as well, although more on the development side. Truth be told, in a way I'm glad. THey pushed me to do at least get an education that has some value. Although, I dislike my profession more and more as the years have passed. I can definitely see my self switching into something totaly different, and I know for a fact they would not really approve. At least in this way I'll get a chance to try both spectrums of professional life.