Adulthood Personal Statement
Personal Statement
Likely the most drastic change in my life was the one that helped me to transition from childhood to adulthood. When I was in my sophomore year of high school my parents split up, this drastically changed my relationship with both of my parents. In my fathers case we became best friends by helping each other through the hard times. In my moms case we got into a rough patch where there were very hard feelings for a long time.
After my parent’s split up I was very disappointed in my mother for a lot of things she did wrong leading up to the divorce, and even after the divorce. This drove me to only stay with my father, which was a luxury that neither of my two siblings had at the time. Being at my dads house left me with a lot of alone time to cope with everything that had gone on, and in turn this made me a lot more independent than I previously had been. I started to spend time alone, which is what gave me the strength that many people don’t have. I can be alone and not feel the need to be around someone. This is one of the adult like traits that I gained while living at my fathers house.
I also think that going through my parents divorcing was a very traumatizing situation to put someone in at my age. Typically if families are going to split up it is within the early years of the marriage, or the child’s life. For my …show more content…
It made me independent so that I can be alone and not have to rely on people like I used to. I also grew thick skin, I can now take mental abuse from anyone that would seriously bother most people, and I don’t bat an eye at it. And the most important thing that pushed me toward manhood is my respect for family and marriage. I have now been in a relationship for a year and a half and plan to one day be married with a family of my own where I will never put my kids through what my siblings and I have been put
Likely the most drastic change in my life was the one that helped me to transition from childhood to adulthood. When I was in my sophomore year of high school my parents split up, this drastically changed my relationship with both of my parents. In my fathers case we became best friends by helping each other through the hard times. In my moms case we got into a rough patch where there were very hard feelings for a long time.
After my parent’s split up I was very disappointed in my mother for a lot of things she did wrong leading up to the divorce, and even after the divorce. This drove me to only stay with my father, which was a luxury that neither of my two siblings had at the time. Being at my dads house left me with a lot of alone time to cope with everything that had gone on, and in turn this made me a lot more independent than I previously had been. I started to spend time alone, which is what gave me the strength that many people don’t have. I can be alone and not feel the need to be around someone. This is one of the adult like traits that I gained while living at my fathers house.
I also think that going through my parents divorcing was a very traumatizing situation to put someone in at my age. Typically if families are going to split up it is within the early years of the marriage, or the child’s life. For my …show more content…
It made me independent so that I can be alone and not have to rely on people like I used to. I also grew thick skin, I can now take mental abuse from anyone that would seriously bother most people, and I don’t bat an eye at it. And the most important thing that pushed me toward manhood is my respect for family and marriage. I have now been in a relationship for a year and a half and plan to one day be married with a family of my own where I will never put my kids through what my siblings and I have been put