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I remember the one and only time my mom got drunk in front of me. I was like 14 and she got dropped off and couldn’t make it up the stairs on her own. She was younger that night than I am now and I’m exponentially further along in my life than she was then. Thinking I have my shit together better than either of my parents did until they were in their 50s is odd but also a little comforting.
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One day you walk in to see them and realize that they're no longer just older than you.
They're old, and time is flying. >

He started out as a dad, and became more and more human in the last forty-three years. >

I can’t remember anything from my childhood, other than myself getting older. >

My parents never grew.  They devolved.
We were once a successful, happy family with a business and plenty of money to be comfortable.  Then my mom started being a cunt about the way my dad was running the business, cheated on him, and left.  Dad drank the business away and mom became an insufferable narcissist that I don't talk to anymore. >

Oddly I think the same of mine.
They had a good life together though weren't rich by any stretch of the imagination, decided kids would be a good idea (I feel my mum was much more interested in this than my dad) and proceeded to get divorced when myself and twin brother turned thirteen.
Mum (who we feel was the only one wanting children) then moves 400 miles from the east of Scotland to the west of Wales and we barely saw her after that... She wasn't a great mum prior to this but now i have my own life and opinions I see how entitled she feels to affection purely from the fact that - "I'M YOUR MOTHER!!!" - something that has been screamed at me many a time. Crazy bitch. Respect is earned, not demanded >

I just see negative comments about people's parents. I saw my parents evolve to more compassionate people, really giving a lot for the people around them, that are in need. I can only hope to be so strong, compassionate and driven when i am their age. >

but now i realize that they weren't growing to the better, more like downgrading in several aspects, and it upsets me
even now i end up hiding from them in video games, or mobile games in bluestacks, because i don't want to talk to them or hear them talk about ridiculous stuff they saw on TV.. i know it's bad of me but i just can't listen to them repeat the lies and i can't explain to them that it's lies because they don't listen to me >

I feel you. >

Looking back on my childhood, it’s insane for me to think about my parents having two kids right out of high school.. I’m 25 and dove into parenthood with my fiancée, who has a 7 year old (4 when we started seeing each other). I have learned and grown so much in the last 3 years.
We also have an 11 m/o together, and nothing could’ve prepare me for taking care of a baby, but again, I’ve learned and grown, and I wouldn’t have it any other way now. Being a dad is cool >

Kids are egocentric because all they know is that they exist. As we grow older and understand more of the world around us, and hopefully learn compassion to other people too, that's when we realize others are growing along us. >

Yeah, at some point I realized I am older than my parents were when they divorced... They were just kids... >

I am 40 and it is still shocking. I will be broken when my dad dies:/