Question:“On the expectations of parents”
On the expectations of parents
A parent’s expectations are a map of the life they did not get to live. Receive the map with thanks, but the road is yours to walk. If you vanish while walking by the map, they lose a child and keep only the map.
From your parents’ expectations, choose one you truly want and one you do not. Decide the first again in your own name. Say the second, gently, once this month. Once is enough. They too need time to hear.
Peleus sent his son to war with the charge to be always the best. Achilles became the best and never came home. A parent’s expectations are not paid for in full by the parent.