Urghh I was just hit by a tidal wave of emotions about my parents.

I don't really mean it in a negative sense, but it wasn't exactly all warm and fuzzy either.

Parental love is just...mind-boggling. I mean, HOW DID MOTHER NATURE EVEN COME UP WITH THIS IDEA??? It's so twisted yet makes so much sense, it's just brilliant.

Focusing specifically on mankind and not birds or fishes or insects, you get 2 people who combine their body fluids to create a living being. (While the same principle applies to other organisms as well, I don't know much about their processes so let's not go there wtf.)

Then suddenly this living being will become the couple's life-changing responsibility. Even if they don't want to have anything to do with each other anymore after procreation, they will forever be linked by the kid.

Mother Nature practically sets up this entire system to ensure offspring will automatically be taken care of and protected once they enter this world. Sure, there are always exceptions, like how parents abandon their young (either intentionally or because they have no better choice) but technically everyone of us will be part of a little community i.e our family even without having to lift a finger.

I always complain about my parents because they can get damn annoying sometimes most of the time. They have beliefs that they try to inculcate in me, which I don't necessarily like, and they are super controlling and over-protective. But I have never doubted their care and concern for me, which is something so rare in this fickle world. It's so easy to take them for granted simply because you know you always try to push them away but in the end they will always remain within reach. In the end they will always be there for you, even without any moving birthday letters or emoji-ridden texts or outward promises of undying loyalty.

On this note, Mothers' Day is coming really soon...no matter how commercialised this occasion appears to be, it's one of those mainstream media deceptions that I'd gladly fall victim to. Getting an appropriate present is so freaking hard though!!! For the past few years, I was just relying on my parents' allowance so I could always get by with like a flower and handwritten card. But this year, I think there is this odd pressure to upgrade a bit sigh.

Giving presents make me feel happy, but I'm quite terrible at picking good gifts. Parents are the worst because they can technically afford what they want, it's just that they always can't bear to splurge on themselves. So naturally for such occasions, you start thinking about getting them something indulgent that they'd normally not buy. But based on past experience, they'd be extra picky about whether it's worth the money or not WTF.

#headache #whattodo #notgoingtogetanythingatthisrate #theend

Urghh I was just hit by a tidal wave of emotions about my parents.

I don't really mean it in a negative sense, but it wasn't exactly all warm and fuzzy either.

Parental love is just...mind-boggling. I mean, HOW DID MOTHER NATURE EVEN COME UP WITH THIS IDEA??? It's so twisted yet makes so much sense, it's just brilliant.

Focusing specifically on mankind and not birds or fishes or insects, you get 2 people who combine their body fluids to create a living being. (While the same principle applies to other organisms as well, I don't know much about their processes so let's not go there wtf.)

Then suddenly this living being will become the couple's life-changing responsibility. Even if they don't want to have anything to do with each other anymore after procreation, they will forever be linked by the kid.

Mother Nature practically sets up this entire system to ensure offspring will automatically be taken care of and protected once they enter this world. Sure, there are always exceptions, like how parents abandon their young (either intentionally or because they have no better choice) but technically everyone of us will be part of a little community i.e our family even without having to lift a finger.

I always complain about my parents because they can get damn annoying sometimes most of the time. They have beliefs that they try to inculcate in me, which I don't necessarily like, and they are super controlling and over-protective. But I have never doubted their care and concern for me, which is something so rare in this fickle world. It's so easy to take them for granted simply because you know you always try to push them away but in the end they will always remain within reach. In the end they will always be there for you, even without any moving birthday letters or emoji-ridden texts or outward promises of undying loyalty.

On this note, Mothers' Day is coming really soon...no matter how commercialised this occasion appears to be, it's one of those mainstream media deceptions that I'd gladly fall victim to. Getting an appropriate present is so freaking hard though!!! For the past few years, I was just relying on my parents' allowance so I could always get by with like a flower and handwritten card. But this year, I think there is this odd pressure to upgrade a bit sigh.

Giving presents make me feel happy, but I'm quite terrible at picking good gifts. Parents are the worst because they can technically afford what they want, it's just that they always can't bear to splurge on themselves. So naturally for such occasions, you start thinking about getting them something indulgent that they'd normally not buy. But based on past experience, they'd be extra picky about whether it's worth the money or not WTF.

#headache #whattodo #notgoingtogetanythingatthisrate #theend

My name is Felicia and my dearest ambition is to bounce on clouds while eating Twix.

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