Not sure if this is /sci/ related but I have to get it off my chest.
I just played chess with my mom and won again. When I was a kid we used to play a lot and she would beat me almost everytime. Now I beat her at least 8 times out of 10. My skills have improved growing up and I think that studying maths at uni also played a part. The problem is, it makes me really sad to finally be better at chess than my mom. Because it reminds me that the both of us are growing old. And I'm afraid that she may never be as good as I am ever again.
When I was a kid and we played I struggled a lot, and if I have to be honest it kinda made me angry at the moment because I wanted to win so badly. The irony. Now I wish she was better than me and stil kicked my ass. Because she would still be superior to me in a way, like she would still be smarter than I am and still be able to protect me.
She wants to keep playing with me because she says that playing with someone stronger than you makes you stronger and she's right in a way. But I can't help but feeling sad. I want to be that dumb, brainlet kid again who would never win. I felt safe back then.
Have any of you experienced something similar? Like growing up and realizing than you outsmarted your relatives? Does it make you feel sad like it does to me?
I just played chess with my mom and won again. When I was a kid we used to play a lot and she would beat me almost everytime. Now I beat her at least 8 times out of 10. My skills have improved growing up and I think that studying maths at uni also played a part. The problem is, it makes me really sad to finally be better at chess than my mom. Because it reminds me that the both of us are growing old. And I'm afraid that she may never be as good as I am ever again.
When I was a kid and we played I struggled a lot, and if I have to be honest it kinda made me angry at the moment because I wanted to win so badly. The irony. Now I wish she was better than me and stil kicked my ass. Because she would still be superior to me in a way, like she would still be smarter than I am and still be able to protect me.
She wants to keep playing with me because she says that playing with someone stronger than you makes you stronger and she's right in a way. But I can't help but feeling sad. I want to be that dumb, brainlet kid again who would never win. I felt safe back then.
Have any of you experienced something similar? Like growing up and realizing than you outsmarted your relatives? Does it make you feel sad like it does to me?
