"Mehmet Ali Birand: Why are we so unable to show our love?
(Turkish Daily News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)I remember stories told by family elders. We used to have a relative who would describe how he had never been so much as hugged or kissed by his father and grandfather. The less you laughed in front of your children, the less you embraced your child, the more you would be thought to be serious and level-headed. Your authority within the family would be boosted relative to how little affection you displayed. I even know people who have been described in complimentary terms like this: 'I have never seen the man laughing, not even once.' Yes, showing direct love was interpreted as shameful behavior among us."
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