Have you, or have you ever had, parents?
Ok, then – you will very much understand this episode. We all fight so badly to break free from the paternal control that suffocates us. If only we got a little more trust and freedom we would indeed prove ourselves worthy of that trust and freedom. And independence.
That is in a way what I’m striving towards. I need to feel that I can make it on my own. I even want to be able to take pride in it. That’s why I’m gonna try to travel and do it alone and try not to depend on anyone else than myself. Hence, I ordered a trip to England without telling the folks and I sorted everything out myself. How grown up of me. In the end it worked out the best that dad would drive me to the airport tomorrow. Before going to bed he decided to ask me one question.
“Do you know what airport the plane departs from?” dad said.
“Ofcourse I do! It departs from Landvetter Airport,” I answered a bit grumpy.
Dad looked at me, saying: “Ryan Air don’t fly from Landvetter. They only fly from Göteborg City Airport”. Mom filled in in the background: “Yes, Ryan Air only operates at Göteborg City Airport”.
I had plans to defeat dependence and paternal control. I then realised I was about to lose. Dad had one more question.
“Do you even know what day your flight is?”
I knew. But I had already lost.
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