To feel that i have failed in this way

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My ancestry is from the a country where most of the brilliant scientists/inventors of history came from. My grandfather had over 60 patents in polymer chemistry (meaning he invented new materials on a molecular level) and my dad has 3 patents in mechanical engineering. Even on the other side of my family, my grandma has a phD and my grandfather is an architect. I don't think I will ever amount to anything so impressive and so I feel every inadequate and shameful to my family and ancestry like I have wasted all their efforts. Is that normal?

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    Life is not a competition with your ancestors.
    It is the only one you are guaranteed to get so you should do whatever pleases you and try your hardest to enjoy the hell out of it.

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    • Nigger_Whores_Should_Die
      8 years ago

      Like inappropriately marrying someone 42 yrs younger! Thumbs up!

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  • FJK_frm_AK25
    8 years ago

    Fuck them do u

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  • Lorenza
    8 years ago

    You are in a better situation than the children of people who count on their children to succeed but with no money for the family so it makes it more difficult to study.
    Do what you want to , not according to their path , but succeed in what you would like to do , it is the most important.

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  • 53739
    8 years ago

    Of course it is natural to feel this way if your family accomplished great things and were very successful and had high expectations for you.

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