I guess I was what one might call a (1)_______ child, for I was an only child and I got whatever I wanted. I had a rather weak-minded mother and by contrast a very (2)_______ father who had exceedingly high expectations of me, expectations that I would not (3)_______. You see, my father was quite an eminent layer and wanted nothing more than for me to (4)_______ in his footsteps. He encouraged me to win at everything and to be ultra-competitive. He just couldn’t see that he was being far too (5)_______and putting too much (6)_______ on me. He simply thought that he was acting in my best (7)_______. Not surprisingly, perhaps, I (8)_______ against my upbringing by becoming thoroughly apathetic at school. As soon as I turned 18, (9)_______ on my own and went off on a trip to India. It was there I met Ingrid, a fellow traveler. It became clear that we came from very similar backgrounds. She too was running away from something: in her case a very (10)_______ upbringing , caused by having too very over-protective parents. We (11)_______ immediately, and I (12)_______ courage and asked her to be my girlfriend. But I was young and I needed space, and I guess I was too immature to handle the give andtake of a relationship. Or perhaps I was just afraid of (13)_______. Anyway, we went through a very bad (14)_______ and had a (15)_______ separation for a couple of month.