Hahahaha I don’t.
But seriously, it varies. If I feel super frustrated and overwhelmed from my mom’s craziness, I get out of the house, usually saying that I’m studying at the library.
On other rare days I can talk/yell at my mom enough for her to understand my side of the issue.
If all else fails, I suck up to her and be extra polite and whatever and she usually gets better in a day or so. My brother gets punished a lot too, so we’ve learned to stick together. Again, my mom talks about everything, meaning she’ll tell my brother that she’s mad at me and he’ll give me a heads up.
My moms strict in the sense that she will get mad about the smallest of things. Unfortunately, my dad always takes her sides. I feel like I have to tiptoe around her all the time. I don’t have a great relationship with my parents, and I won’t go into detail, but sometimes I just have to remind myself that I’ll be moving out soon enough.
@desideratum lol my parents are crazy strict, but I’ve learned to maneuver around them. They never let me go anywhere with friends…so hey, I just stopped asking and lie my way through…and they never let me think for myself, which is highly annoying. College will be freeing in every sense…yay! (:
@Aztreas lol me…I did literally nothing. I binge watched Tai Lopez’s videos, the 100, and barely even studied for my ACT…talk about unproductive. The 100 is really good btw lol
Haha so glad to see that I’m not the only one with strict parents!
I do appreciate how much they care, but yeesh mom I’m almost 18 let me go to a movie with my friends…
Spring break starts this week for me :):)
@Cece0499 Same!!! I’m taking the one in April and I haven’t even practiced yet…honestly I’m quite scared because I’ve heard it’s hard to keep pace without constant practice. I’ve heard a lot about the 100! It’s one of the shows I want to start watching over the summer. I’m so behind on everything lol
@SugarSmarts I feel, strict parents are a struggle. At least you’ve got a good week of relaxation ahead of you! I hope you enjoy it
My spring break starts this Friday, but it’s also a half day because all of the schools in my city closed down about two Fridays ago due to thunderstorm concerns (guess which state I live in).
My spring break starts on Thursday, and I’m so ready for a break. I have track and field practice every single day, so I plan to spend my spring break going to practice, watching Netflix, and studying for AP exams.
@desideratum my parents aren’t really strict–they usually don’t even know what I’m doing, because I have so many siblings. But they always have random bursts of strictness (especially my mom) where they change my curfew to 8pm and refuse to let me out of the house (and then forget about it later that day because they’re so busy).
What bothers me about my parents is they try to limit me from college-related things. They’ve historically prevented me from challenging myself, especially in middle school, so now I feel like I have to over-exert myself to make up for all the things they kept from me. Sometimes I just want to tell them that the reason I work so hard is to make up for what they did, but I know they’d be really sad because they genuinely just want me to be happy and they were just egregiously uninformed about raising a motivated, ambitious child.
@coffeeaddicted Wow. That was a super well-written way to describe it–and I really feel for you! It’s tricky because it doesn’t sound like your parents are being malicious. They seem to have your best interests at heart, your happiness. But obviously you find happiness by being successful through school (which a lot of people mistake for just overworking ourselves lol) so I can see your dilemma. Take pride in the fact that you are working so hard in the face of so many obstacles! If you can work around your parents while doing well in school, that would be a huge accomplishment
Soooooooooooo help
My mom is like, “take a walk with me!” so I did
and she wanted to talk about college. uh oh.
She was researching financial aid and stuff at Carleton and basically told me that we were going to be like $180,000 in debt after sending me there. THEN, she started listing off a bunch of reasons for me NOT to go to Carleton (“There isn’t a 50/50 male to female ratio! How will you date?” “Won’t you get tired of the small class sizes? When will you be able to just sleep in the back?” “Isn’t the trimester system INTENSE??? WHAT IF YOU DIE???”) I think I see what she’s trying to do here.
And I’m not oppose to it! It’s clear that Carleton comes with a gigantic price tag, but then she starts saying:
“Ella, what if you just went to a state school?”
And I’m like
UM
HOLD UP
NO NO NO That’s why we’re visiting schools that AREN’T state schools do you see a trend? They’re SMALL and LIBERAL ART SCHOOLS MADRE. I DONT WANT TO GO TO A STATE SCHOOL.
Because then I feel like everything I have worked for is wasted. I don’t care if you go to a state school or Bob or whoever–I just don’t think it’s a good fit for ME. So I almost started crying as she lists off all the perks of in state tuition and scholarships
HOW THE FORK ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS??? I don’t want to go to a state school.
