I'm Perfectly Fine Without You
Kanaal Besonderhede
I'm Perfectly Fine Without You
Sound files for art piece "I'm Perfectly Fine Without You," downloadable on iTunes as podcasts
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22 episodes
BC
We don’t really have a great relationship…but I’m okay with that. I’m okay with that, but it’s also a little frustrating because we have had a good re...
HH
It’s difficult to think, you know, how much do I owe my parents? What should I—what should I give up for them? I still haven’t resolved it…on the one...
TA
You know, I don’t know if this is going to affect me. But surprisingly it did, you know. It just–it fit everything together that I didn’t know it need...
CC
You know, “why can’t you have the time for me?” and “why don’t you care enough not to be drunk around me?” Like…”do you realize how much your actions...
CR
I technically do have him there for me, and he was there, I guess, some of the time. But I mean…I really only remember the absence. It’s really true,...
IR
They always seem to want to redeem him, you know, try to like make him into someone I do want to get to know. But it only makes it worse, and I think...
NE
When anybody says like, asks me questions about my “mommy and daddy” or my “mom and dad” or “your parents,” plural, it just makes me feel funny inside...
RN
I think I wanted him cuz I was supposed to, but when I actually think of who my father is, like, I would not want him around more because we would jus...
JM
Why are you trying to pull me away? I’m perfectly fine without you. https://archive.org/download/IPFWY_JM/JM.mp3
AR
What is there to say for a guy who’s never around, who you’ve talked to maybe three times, and your only memory is a horrible one from when you were a...
DI
The most heart-wrenching thing for me is that it was my father’s decision. That my mother said please don’t, I will never talk about my feelings again...
QG
There should be good memories, but there just aren’t any. Guess that’s something I’ll always have and unfortunately will never be able to get over. ht...
WY
But that name is obviously not the same name of the guy that I grew up with. http://archive.org/download/WYfullfile/WYMaster.mp3
MS
You feel like if you have a biological parent they would want to get to know who their children are? It’s so impersonal, like even though the minimal...
SA
I’m not ready to be okay with what happened. I’m not ready to forgive–I’m not ready to…to reward him, you know? Why should I contact you and have this...
AO
I think it remains an unresolved issue and probably always will create some sort of structural weakness in me… https://archive.org/download/IPFWY_AO/A...
EL
From an early age, I was not able to dream in the same ways or to think about life in such a positive way as many of the kids that were just thinking...
HIL
Um, my mom’s told me that when I was little I used to ask where he was, and it broke her heart because she didn’t want to tell me or she couldn’t tell...
LG
I am not your daughter. You didn’t have anything to do with raising me…You didn’t try to contact us for 14 years… https://archive.org/download/IPFWY_L...
AH
I rather he die than I say any of the things I thought about him. Because I don’t want to–I feel like it’s too late for him anyway, you know, like the...
YO
I don’t remember having a lot of anger, but I do remember the fights. https://archive.org/download/IPFWY_YO/YO.mp3
RI
His absence was just as formative as his presence. And it’s just…it’s so forced. http://archive.org/download/RIfullfile/RIMaster.mp3