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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 384494" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>While I believe environment plays a role, I think nature is the largest part of why Miss KT is the way she is. Her father and I separated when she was 4, and he moved back to the Bay Area when she was 5. She had little contact with him for probably 7-8 years, till he moved back here, and not much more after that. When Hubby and I got married, he tried his best to be a dad to her, and until the awful teen years, things went fairly well. </p><p></p><p>Now that she's out of the house, I hear her father when she calls. I hear his passive-aggressive BS, the attempts to guilt me into sending money, the "nobody likes me," the "I'm so bored...no, I don't want to do that...", the inability to work and play well with others, the quitting of jobs, and whatever the drama is, it's always somebody else's fault. She has no ownership of it whatsoever. If environment was everything, wouldn't she be more like me? She lived with me her entire life. I've always worked...not only has she seen me, she's heard from my mom about the jobs I had while going to school. I've always made do with whatever I had to work with, and I've managed to feed and clothe the family, and hang onto my house besides. </p><p></p><p>I think environment can shape what nature has provided, but I don't think environment can completely change a person's nature.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 384494, member: 4040"] While I believe environment plays a role, I think nature is the largest part of why Miss KT is the way she is. Her father and I separated when she was 4, and he moved back to the Bay Area when she was 5. She had little contact with him for probably 7-8 years, till he moved back here, and not much more after that. When Hubby and I got married, he tried his best to be a dad to her, and until the awful teen years, things went fairly well. Now that she's out of the house, I hear her father when she calls. I hear his passive-aggressive BS, the attempts to guilt me into sending money, the "nobody likes me," the "I'm so bored...no, I don't want to do that...", the inability to work and play well with others, the quitting of jobs, and whatever the drama is, it's always somebody else's fault. She has no ownership of it whatsoever. If environment was everything, wouldn't she be more like me? She lived with me her entire life. I've always worked...not only has she seen me, she's heard from my mom about the jobs I had while going to school. I've always made do with whatever I had to work with, and I've managed to feed and clothe the family, and hang onto my house besides. I think environment can shape what nature has provided, but I don't think environment can completely change a person's nature. [/QUOTE]
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