people take things for granted, nothing new there. do we really know our parents? or do we just think we do? never in my 19 years of life have I ever questioned my knowledge about my parents.. it was simple, they're my parents, how can i not know them? however, it is the fact that they are my parents that i don't know them. i was blinded, the idea of "getting to know" my parents just didnt seem right. When was the last time you sat down and had a nice little chat with your parents? a chat, not just exchange of words about ur well being, but an actual chat? ask them about their personal life? their love life? their financial situation? what is stressing them out? i think the reason that we don't, is because they are our parents. we are uncomfortable with the idea of getting to know our parents better. because "knowing them" just seems unnecessary, my mentality was "of course i know them," and that was what i settled with. only after my parents split up that i felt comfortable to bond. they were no longer just my parents, it was now okay for us to be friends. it shocked me that my parents (when they were still together of course) had relationship problems. It just felt like such a given that, my parents were suppose to be husband and wife, no problems what so ever. never did i once thought that their relationship would just be like mine, with ups and downs, and with their own sets of problems. how about financial problems? never did i thought that my family would be in a financial problem, or that my dad would be stressed over it. my parents are like my two best friends that i know nothing about. how sad. 19 years, and i barely know anything about them. nothing should be taken for granted, there is just too much that we are missing out on. | 
