kuurt
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Today I hung out with my mom. We went to a couple of stores and ate at a restaurant. But by the time I got back home I was feeling pretty down.
Any time I'm out somewhere in public with one of my parents I feel absolutely pathetic. Most guys my age (35) have a wife, a girlfriend, or friends that they can go out with. And there I am with my mom or dad like a little kid. I makes me feel very pathetic.
I know you shouldn't compare yourself to other people, but it's hard not to. I would feel even more pathetic if I were out with both of my parents, but they are divorced.
I don't think being out in public with my parents would bother me at all if I had a social life because then I wouldn't feel so abnormal. But when you don't have a social life there's always that thought in that back of your mind that you're an abnormal pathetic loser. And hanging out with your parents just reminds you of that.
Does going out in public with your parents make you feel like a loser?
Any time I'm out somewhere in public with one of my parents I feel absolutely pathetic. Most guys my age (35) have a wife, a girlfriend, or friends that they can go out with. And there I am with my mom or dad like a little kid. I makes me feel very pathetic.
I know you shouldn't compare yourself to other people, but it's hard not to. I would feel even more pathetic if I were out with both of my parents, but they are divorced.
I don't think being out in public with my parents would bother me at all if I had a social life because then I wouldn't feel so abnormal. But when you don't have a social life there's always that thought in that back of your mind that you're an abnormal pathetic loser. And hanging out with your parents just reminds you of that.
Does going out in public with your parents make you feel like a loser?