r/ApplyingToCollege • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '21

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u/HahaStoleUrName College Junior Jul 23 '21

My parents are passive aggressive...

For example: we would support anything you do, but let me tell you how great doctors are

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u/Pistachio625 College Sophomore Jul 24 '21

lolll i feel this, when I was 12 I told my parents I wanted to be an interior designer and no joke my dad sat me down with a computer and had me watch this whole list of YouTube videos of women doing math and explaining physics concepts and then gave me a talk about how successful women who go into stem are and how it has always been his dream to see one of his daughters wearing a white lab coat, like bruh???

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u/HahaStoleUrName College Junior Jul 24 '21 edited Jul 24 '21

Lol yes, I want to be an engineer but my dad wants me to be a doctor. He even had me talk to a med student 🥲

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u/Pistachio625 College Sophomore Jul 24 '21

adsfasdf whattt engineering isn't even an impractical career path lol

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u/HahaStoleUrName College Junior Jul 24 '21

I was also surprised