Comments on: It sounds like a joke… http://karenrayne.com/2010/06/02/it-sounds-like-a-joke/ Mon, 21 May 2012 19:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dorian Rinehart http://karenrayne.com/2010/06/02/it-sounds-like-a-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-5979 Dorian Rinehart Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:59:21 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=904#comment-5979 I think the hardest thing about assumptions is that we don't know we have them until they are challenged. We assume things are for others the way they are for us, but we don't KNOW we are assuming it. So, it's like saying we have to question daily if the sun is going to rise or not. We have to find out what are our assumptions and then question them. Dr. Rayne is holding parents to a very high standard here. I think the hardest thing about assumptions is that we don’t know we have them until they are challenged. We assume things are for others the way they are for us, but we don’t KNOW we are assuming it. So, it’s like saying we have to question daily if the sun is going to rise or not. We have to find out what are our assumptions and then question them. Dr. Rayne is holding parents to a very high standard here.

]]> By: Alice http://karenrayne.com/2010/06/02/it-sounds-like-a-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-5977 Alice Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:10:06 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=904#comment-5977 Well, my husband's mother assumed he was gay until he married me, because he didn't like to leer at women. But maybe she is the exception. I'm tickled pink that McDonald's in France is so accepting. I can't even begin to imagine that kind of marketing here in the U.S., although I appreciate that they have healthier menu items than they used to, and that they now fully disclose their nutrition information. Well, my husband’s mother assumed he was gay until he married me, because he didn’t like to leer at women. But maybe she is the exception.

I’m tickled pink that McDonald’s in France is so accepting. I can’t even begin to imagine that kind of marketing here in the U.S., although I appreciate that they have healthier menu items than they used to, and that they now fully disclose their nutrition information.

]]> By: Keely http://karenrayne.com/2010/06/02/it-sounds-like-a-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-5975 Keely Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:56:05 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/?p=904#comment-5975 I don't know. I think, as a parent, we assume all kinds of things about our kids based on our own experiences. I assume that at least one of my kids will work in the tech industry. So much so, that one day when we get the house in Sunnyvale, CA, I will do all I can to hold onto it for them--instead of selling it which would help out my finances. It's difficult to teach something we have no experiece with. And if we try, it wouldn't come naturally--not in a situation like the one above. There are all kinds of things about us that we hide from our parents and they assume something different. I've hid a variety of boyfriends from my parents, and brought home others. The son will one day love someone enough to bring them home, not caring what his parents say. Hopefully, the parents will be happy to meet their son's boyfriend. However, I know the mother of one of my gay friends always says, "How do parents not know?!!" LOL I don’t know. I think, as a parent, we assume all kinds of things about our kids based on our own experiences. I assume that at least one of my kids will work in the tech industry. So much so, that one day when we get the house in Sunnyvale, CA, I will do all I can to hold onto it for them–instead of selling it which would help out my finances.

It’s difficult to teach something we have no experiece with. And if we try, it wouldn’t come naturally–not in a situation like the one above. There are all kinds of things about us that we hide from our parents and they assume something different. I’ve hid a variety of boyfriends from my parents, and brought home others. The son will one day love someone enough to bring them home, not caring what his parents say. Hopefully, the parents will be happy to meet their son’s boyfriend.

However, I know the mother of one of my gay friends always says, “How do parents not know?!!” LOL

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