Friday, April 25, 2008

a Really Great (Great) Grandfather

T was talking about his father, which is something we often do in therapy.

His father was was in and out of his life for many years. T was most raised by his grand-parents. His grandfather was caring, but a bit too harsh.

Then T began to give more a a family perspective about what was expected of the men in his family. He said a lot began with his great-grandfather who was rich and owned a lot of land, and people usually did what he asked.

I guess that was true of the women too because, T went on to say, his great-grandfather had 42 children, with at least 17 different women.

That sets quite a standard for the men of the family.

3 comments:

Amanda said...

You mean this isn't the Planet of the Apes? Hmmm, I must have made a wrong turn somewhere.

Warped Mind said...

Guess he got around.

Raine said...

was he mormon or was he a very unfaithful husband?