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My father vowed I wouldn't be one of those kids who grow up and go out into the real world and are shocked to discover that no one cares about their precious self-esteem and feelings.

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It seems as if everyone else my age has accomplished something - raised a family, traveled the world, built a career, earned an advanced degree - and all I've done was survive.

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My daughter could have gone for her GED at 13, but I listened to what all the experts had to say about gifted kids needing normal social lives and enrolled her in high school instead.

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On good days I wish you were here.

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Everyone knows the story of Icarus, how he flew too close to the sun and it melted the wax holding his manufactured wings together, so that he fell to his death.

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I am the pendulum swinging, back and forth, back and forth.

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Today's the solstice, the first day of summer, the longest day of the year.

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I thought losing you would destroy me.

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"We treat our employees like family," the recruiter said proudly, and that was the moment I mentally crossed her company off my interest list.

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There was nothing he could possibly do that would make me love him less.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
My father vowed I wouldn't be one of those kids who grow up and go out into the real world and are shocked to discover that no one cares about their precious self-esteem and feelings.	257	TwoSentenceSadness
It seems as if everyone else my age has accomplished something - raised a family, traveled the world, built a career, earned an advanced degree - and all I've done was survive.	247	TwoSentenceSadness
My daughter could have gone for her GED at 13, but I listened to what all the experts had to say about gifted kids needing normal social lives and enrolled her in high school instead.	244	TwoSentenceSadness
On good days I wish you were here.	238	TwoSentenceSadness
Everyone knows the story of Icarus, how he flew too close to the sun and it melted the wax holding his manufactured wings together, so that he fell to his death.	229	TwoSentenceSadness
I am the pendulum swinging, back and forth, back and forth.	217	TwoSentenceSadness
Today's the solstice, the first day of summer, the longest day of the year.	214	TwoSentenceSadness
I thought losing you would destroy me.	213	TwoSentenceSadness
"We treat our employees like family," the recruiter said proudly, and that was the moment I mentally crossed her company off my interest list.	213	TwoSentenceSadness
There was nothing he could possibly do that would make me love him less.	210	TwoSentenceSadness