THINGS JUST NEVER CHANGE ALL THAT MUCH IN A GENERATION

i thought i knew everything that i was doing when i was a teenager. was so hateful towards the people that "parented" me. was so hateful of the "words of wisdom" that they imparted.

at 14 i had my first BF. my dad would always "jokingly" advise me that "boys just want to get in your pants and leave you high and dry". i berated, rebelled against, and hated him for it - coz in my mind i would never get myself in that kind of a sticky mess... BOY WAS HE SO RIGHT...

at 15, when i was sooooooooo out of sync with my parents and soooooooooooo in sync with being "in love" with my then stupid-ass boytoy, my mom told me that i would end up getting pregnant young and be a dead-beat wife (or single mother) with no future. SHE WASN'T RIGHT... but i almost did end up being stuck with the sticky mess i got myself into...

now...10-something years later...i look back into these years and realize 2 things:
1 - your parents can say anything, but its still your decision in the end.. THINK HARD about it first before diving into the POOL full of shit...
and 2 - your parents are the greatest SOURCE of life advices than you can ever get from other people (with the exception of some morally incapacitated individuals)...

i still see the drama around me between teenagers and their parents... i guess this is what life is all about...