From: Lacey@yabbs
To: Natalie@yabbs
Subject: re: boundaries
Date: Tue Apr 19 16:13:07 1994

Natalie,
Now I see what you meant.  My mom used to do the same thing to me when I 
told her that I wanted to go to Law school.  I think people do these 
things because they are being introduced to something that is not familiar 
to them.  It's their way of not dealing with something new.  I used to 
think it just ran in my family but I've actually found the same kind of 
treatment with some of my professors.  It's very frustrating when all you 
want is a little support and even your family has reached a point where 
they think its something that will blow over so they don't deal with it.  
They put you and your ideas in a little box and they hope it will 
eventually pass.  My friends chalk it up to a generation gap and in some  
cases it is and in others its just that some people are afraid of things 
that aren't "common" in their own lives.
People just can't help the way that they have always think.
This is one of those cases where you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Thanks for explaining that a little more for me.

Lacey