Do you think you turned out better than your parents?

So far I have turned out better than my dad, but my mom is still better than me due to the fact that she actually has a career. Been trying to find a job in my field for around 6 months after I graduated college earlier this year. Hopefully something comes up so I can pay off loans and become better than my parents.

This is a hard question to answer. I think in some ways yes and in other ways no. I think I learned a lot of marriage and how to treat my husband from my parents. When I saw my first marriage taking the same route, I didn't want anything but out. I watched my Mom cry and be depressed way too often to find myself in the same situation. This was something my ex could not or would not understand. I begged him to stop behaving the way my Dad did and he just wouldn't stop, so I got out. So, in that respect, I think I am better than my Mom. I was proud of myself for taking a stand and doing something that was very hard. I wish I was as smart as my Dad. He is a genius and I don't think I'll ever make as much money as he did at one point in his life. But, he did a lot of really horrible things that I could never imagine myself doing. I love my parents and I am glad to have grown up with them. I think they have many great qualities. Just like everybody, they have made mistakes. Life is about making mistakes, learning from them, and moving on.

Honestly, I don't think it can be looked at as either "better or worse". Mostly because each of us is a person in our own right. It's not our place to make judgments about people. Something I may consider to be a bad thing may not be considered something bad by someone else. The biggest problem stems from the expectations our parents place on us. As an example.....when I was 6 years old, I told my dad I wanted to be a marine biologist. I loved the ocean. We always lived near one when I was growing up and spent a lot of time on beaches. Well, as I got older, my aspirations changed. My father never got over the fact that I didn't become a marine biologist! lol. I think it's a parents job to nurture and support their child in the child's independent development. Not try to make them be or do something just because the parent wants it. My parents have not always understood my choices in life (I didn't always either! Lol!), yet they learned to accept them and not make judgment. I've never broken any laws, have always paid my bills, never hurt anybody or committed anything that would be considered a crime in society. So...I turned out good. Better than my parents? Can't honestly say what could be considered better or in what way. I'm just me and they're them.

Oh God Yes, having not had parents and meeting my mother later in life. I have to commend myself and pat myself on the back that I am far way better mother than her. Which I suppose I would hope my daughter would be far better than me as well.