I love you.
There is a category of parents from different tribes, ethnic groups, nationalities, …through different continents who just won’t say they love you. They can go to the Moon and back for you. They in fact do things that prove this. They will rip the coat off of their own back to cover you. They will eat last, go to bed last and be the first ones to get up. However, their tongues just won’t form the words, “I love you”. These parents have incomparable love by the way but most of them simply came from an era and time, culture and environment where they simply didn’t say those words. Of course that is changing across the globe with our generation.
I am sorry.
Maybe some of the people who have grown up in more expressive families will disagree with these. But hey, am simply observing. This is even more common among fathers from especially my beautiful African continent, I hear the same goes for our Asian brothers and sisters as well and traditional or old school Europeans and Americans too.
But again, these things ease up with every generation.
I am proud of you.
There are tribes and nationalities where parents are not very easy to please. You have to earn this statement from them. They might occasionally smile and laugh and nod, pat you on the back, say you didn’t do very badly (Laughs). They are trying to say you’re doing well. The expectations of an Asian or African parent can sometimes be boundless you just have to take whatever subtle praise or gratitude you get from them in whatever form.
Can you relate or were you showered with these words ?
Again, these things are changing with every generation and we know that our parents have loved us the best way they knew how and we get to learn and respond to the (positive constructive ) call to our generation.
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