I feel kind of embarrassed that I've just now realized this but... adults are people too!
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Seriously though, I've always seen my parents as just parents, or my teachers as just teachers. Lately I've realized that that's part of what they do but it's not who they are. I feel like I'm doing a crappy job of explaining this.
I was reading a book a few weeks ago and the narrator told her therapist that she wanted to tell her own children to f* off. I didn't know how to take that. I guess I've always seen the side my mentors intended for me to see... but not anymore! Although viewing people like this makes life... less like fantasyland, it at also gives me a new appreciation for these people because I realize that they are a lot more like me than I would have thought. It's taken little comments or actions over some months for me to finally come to this conclusion. I do feel quite naive for not completely seeing this before but I thought I would share my finally developed discovery.
