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mopinko

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9. completely aware of my fortune.

Reply to liberalla (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 5, 2022, 01:54 AM

Sep 2022

i've had a pretty unbelievably lucky life. for a person who was raised dirt poor, and lived half my life dirt poor, i have to pinch myself.
beyond anything a granddaughter of refugees had any reason to hope for, despite being told there were no limits.

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y'know, i've commented countless times [View all] mopinko Sep 2022 OP

You had a good dad. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #1

in a lot of ways. mopinko Sep 2022 #3

I did too, and 'my time' occurred some years ago; elleng Sep 2022 #2

If a parent instills self-confidence in their child... rubbersole Sep 2022 #4

esp girls, and esp then. mopinko Sep 2022 #5

Women are physically/mentally superior to men... rubbersole Sep 2022 #6

My mom always told me that-- ailsagirl Sep 2022 #7

You were very lucky. I wish my dad had cared and encouraged me. liberalla Sep 2022 #8

completely aware of my fortune. mopinko Sep 2022 #9

ya know, man, my lounge thread generally sink. mopinko Sep 2022 #10

My first generation Irish-American father thought the same thing. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #11

i joke about how hard they tried to make us americans mopinko Sep 2022 #12

We didn't need to hear the stories. We knew we were different from other people. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #13

I want to add freedom loving. The Irish were brutally subjugated by the Brits for 1000 years. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #14

yeah. also have often said i never heard either of my parents mopinko Sep 2022 #15

Same here, never heard anything remotely close to prejudiced comments. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #16

I did not get much encouragement from my parents. Fortunately, I did get lots of highplainsdem Sep 2022 #17

funny thing about that- mopinko Sep 2022 #18

Oh, God, you suffered a head injury when you were 6? I'm so sorry, Mo. highplainsdem Sep 2022 #19

hit between the eyes by a baseball bat. mopinko Sep 2022 #22

That's horrifying. You didn't tell anyone about the hallucinations and seizures? highplainsdem Sep 2022 #23

nope. mopinko Sep 2022 #24

Our dad believed in his girls too. lark Sep 2022 #20

It was my grandma that kept telling me I could be whatever I wanted to be. we can do it Sep 2022 #21

My dad was that way, too. Ocelot II Sep 2022 #25

yeah. he rly wanted me to be a doc. mopinko Sep 2022 #26

mopinko................Excellent post about your dad...When I'm more awake Upthevibe Sep 2022 #27

My dad was quiet UTUSN Sep 2022 #28

that was mom. mopinko Sep 2022 #29

My dad once said to me, as a young college student in the late 60's: Sogo Sep 2022 #30