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The Wrong Way
Dear Mom and Dad,
I am sick and tired of your bitching and complaining
at me all the time and I wish I could just be out
of this house. If you are not complaining about me
you are fighting with one another and I can't stand
to listen to your fights night and day. Why don't
you just get a divorce? At least it would be quiet.
I hate both of you and can't stand another day here.
If I could leave home and never come back, I would.
You are the worst parents I can possibly imagine.
Why don't you get a life?
The reason
I spend so much time at Melissa's house is because
I can't stand being here. What losers!!
I wish I weren't your daughter.
Jennifer
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The Write Way
Dear Mom and Dad,
I am writing this letter
because I want to tell you some things that are hard
for me to say.
You both have been very tense
for a long time. When you yell and fight with one
another I feel angry and sad and scared, because I
it seems like our life is just one big fight after
another. I am afraid that you are going to get a divorce
if you keep this up.
It doesn't seem like you even like one another
and lately it hasn't seemed like you like me very
much either.
When you told me to shut-up yesterday
and then criticized me for being nosey, I felt really
hurt. I thought you were blaming me for your tension.
It is hard to be at home because I want to be where
it is peaceful and we don't have a peaceful home now.
I know that there are things
about being married that I don't understand and I
hope you don't think I am saying that I would know
how to do it better. I don't. But if you can't figure
it out between the two of you, maybe you could see
somebody who could help you.
I feel like I am going to go crazy with all this
anger around me all the time.
Mom and Dad, I love you both.
You are both really good people.
Could you just try to
work something out? I want our family to be happy.
Love,Jennifer
Sample letters written by Ms. Patricia
Lawrence Pomposello,
CSW and psychotherapist.
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