Shizuka Premium Mail (2 August 2022)

>I can’t take this anymore
It’s Mogami Shizuka. I didn’t want to turn to you for advice on this matter, but it’s really starting to weigh on me mentally, so please help.
I had an argument with my father last night. I know already that my father and I can’t really see eye to eye. I don’t feel like he doesn’t care about me, but it’s not like I’m living my life irresponsibly without a care in the world. But for him to say that to me…
I’m not going to stay a child forever. Why can’t he understand my true feelings?!
I can’t stand this anymore. I’m even starting to hate my father for trying to destroy my identity.
Why? Why?
Producer, what should I do?

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>>What did he say to you?
What he said to me…? Honestly, it pains me to even try to remember.
Let’s just say that he’s denying me of the world I hold dear.
He thinks that I’m still just a child, that I should just listen to what he says. He was looking down on me. That’s what I felt from his words.
I mean, I don’t have anything against minced meat on rice. But he said that eating just udon noodles does not constitute a balanced diet… There’s no way that’s true!
So he’s saying that everyone who lives in regions that specialize in udon is leading unhealthy lives? I don’t agree with that.
I don’t even know what to do anymore. I won’t be sitting at the dinner table with him for a while… Or maybe forever… if he still doesn’t understand. I’m prepared for it.
But I wonder why. When I decide to do something like that, I can’t help but cry. I’m still weak, after all…
I’m sorry if it’s unrelated to work, but I feel a little better after getting all that out of my chest. Thank you for listening, Producer.

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>Calm down and talk it out with him
I tried talking to him about it just like you said.
Well, in short, we were able to make up. My father said that he wasn’t trying to deny my personality and he wasn’t trying to destroy the world I hold so dear.
He took me seriously and talked it out with me so that I can understand.
But all is said and done. Words can be cruel, can’t they, Producer?
I’ll forgive my father, but I can’t return to who I was before he said that thing to me.
But all of this made me think. Even with all the pain inflicted on us, we can’t help but move on forward. I wonder if that’s just how life is.
So maybe all of this has made me a little more mature…
As I grow up even further, there might come a day when I can finally accept what he said.
But that’s not something I can do at present. That’s just how I am right now. See you.