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On weekends, and such, I go out with my mother and grandmother. I'm very close to them, and they're really cool. We relate a lot even though we're all different generations. I guess I'm a lot closer to my family than most people my age.
I look at other seventeen year olds though, and they're always out with their friends, partying and stuff. I very rarely go out with my friends, because a lot of them annoy me and I have a lot more fun with my family.
But I'm starting to think I'm the only teenager who goes out with both my mother and grandmother, and I should be going out with people my age doing more "teenagery" things, as I don't want to look back on my youth and think of all the things I missed out on.
Firstly, is this pathetic? Should I be doing things with people my own age? If so, how do I meet some new people?

Be honest! I can take it. And thank you.

I think it's wonderful that you have a close relationship with your mother and grandmother.

When I was a teenager, I was far too concerned with being alone and hating the world. My mother and I have never had a good relationship and I don't have a problem with that. However, when I was a kid, my Grandma was more like my mom than anything else. She took care of me, she encouraged me, she loved me. She passed away when I was 24. By then I had calmed down and was spending more time with her. When she passed, there was still so much that I hadn't taken time to learn from her... so much that I hadn't given back to her for taking care of me and raising me.

For the rest of my life, I will regret not having taken full advantahe of the time I was given with my Grandma. There are so many stories of hers that I will never hear, so much of her life that I feel like I missed out on by being the teenager that I was.

You have a very special gift. You have the oppurtunity to spend time with two generations of women who have have so much to teach you, so much to share with you.

Think about this... when you are my age (34) what do you think you would be looking back on and having wonderful memories of? Friends? Parties? Stuff? Or quality time spent with peole who love you?

I know what I feel like I missed out on through every fault of my own.

Parties come and go. Time with the people you love is a treasure to hold on to forever.

I envy the gift you have been given.
bound.

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(Rating: 5) Thank you very much. I feel much better now. That was really good advice.
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