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Dawning:
Big thanks to the responses to this thread.  I think I must have told this story outloud before but this is the first time I have written it down.  And to receive support from Arab locals - who the mainstream media now suspects - makes me think of that quote by Muhammad Ali when they asked him why he wasn't going to Vietnam and he, answered, "Aint no Vietnamese ever called me nigger."  

Portia, your mother wanted you to sleep with the locals like her, eh?  Just like her.  If she does it , then you should do it too.   :o  How maddening.   I hope she didn't expect you to also buy the condoms for her.   :wink:

Lonely Planet...hmmm...that is a thought.  I've bought alot of their guidebooks.  Thanks for the insight.  

CG, Venting is okay here, right?  It puts into words my thoughts - that's for sure.  I had never thought of the need to genetically reproduce themselves before.  Thanks for that observation.  

tokyojim, thanks for observation about the locals standing up to my mother.  I tried standing up to her when I was little but I recall being told that I should be ashamed of myself.  I'm doing something to reverse that now.

Wildflower, you asked if I miss travelling?  Not at the moment.  Maybe I miss the aimless walking around and forgetting what time it is and what day (and sometimes month.)  But I think, right now, what I need to focus on is a new goal.  Thanks for asking.  For anyone with the travel bug, I say do it once in your lifetime for at least a month, longer if possible.  I saw first-hand how many families in the world stick together and help each other out.  And open their doors to strangers.  That seems *normal* to me.  They seem to have a security and knowing of their place in the world.  I confess to a little jealousy there.  

~Dawning.

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