Imagine that you are an 18 year old, you just got an admit into an institution outside your city and you’re thrilled to finally be able to move out of town.
Completely agree that over time, we start understanding the decisions that our parents made a lot better than during the time when we were teenagers. Many of the examples you gave such as buying property in Bangalore pre-boom, opting for homeopathy/ayurveda over western medicine, etc. resonate strongly with me and have been the topic of many dinner table / long drive "discussions" with family :) Anyway, it's wonderful to hear that your mom is going on all those trips and that dad is allowing himself to enjoy (a few) more luxuries, good job encouraging them!
At my end, one thing I used to get frustrated with my dad is that he used to always get information/facts by asking people for their opinion (rather than reading a book or just checking it online), which used to drive me crazy. However more recently with the deluge of information online and the associated analysis-paralysis, I find myself enjoying more authentic conversations with friends & colleagues and getting their (perhaps subjective) view on current affairs & world events, rather than just Googling it! I see the merit in it, it's more engaging to have a dialogue with someone which helps form my views, and generates enough interest for me to then go and search for more information on my own.
All in all, I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...
Completely agree that over time, we start understanding the decisions that our parents made a lot better than during the time when we were teenagers. Many of the examples you gave such as buying property in Bangalore pre-boom, opting for homeopathy/ayurveda over western medicine, etc. resonate strongly with me and have been the topic of many dinner table / long drive "discussions" with family :) Anyway, it's wonderful to hear that your mom is going on all those trips and that dad is allowing himself to enjoy (a few) more luxuries, good job encouraging them!
At my end, one thing I used to get frustrated with my dad is that he used to always get information/facts by asking people for their opinion (rather than reading a book or just checking it online), which used to drive me crazy. However more recently with the deluge of information online and the associated analysis-paralysis, I find myself enjoying more authentic conversations with friends & colleagues and getting their (perhaps subjective) view on current affairs & world events, rather than just Googling it! I see the merit in it, it's more engaging to have a dialogue with someone which helps form my views, and generates enough interest for me to then go and search for more information on my own.
All in all, I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree...