the official parental complaint thread Options

[*not_your_average*]

Let it all hang out here. We love our parents, but they annoy the shit out of us sometimes. This thread is just for venting. NOT AN ADVICE THREAD. If you want advice, post a topic in the forum.
Discuss.

Let's start with my dad. I love him very much. However, he's way too overprotective, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. My sister is eighteen, and she's never had a boyfriend. Ever. He always yells at me for things I haven't done, and he has no respect for my privacy. For example, when I'm on the computer, he always looks at my IMs and looks at the screennames. ("Who is that person? How old are they? Do they go to school with you?") He just doesn't get it. He doesn't get that I'm not six anymore. He doesn't understand that I need my space and privacy more often. I'm growing up. I wish he'd just realize that.

The only thing that keeps me from hating him is the fact that he's doing everything he's doing out of love for me.

[lisaaaaaaa]

my parents are so overprotective. i'm not allowed to go out at all without parent supervision, unless its the 7 11 across the street (which i had to wait till my 13th birthday for, and its freakin 5 seconds away if i run), the mall, and the movies. even though i'm still young (turning 14 soon), i still deserve some things. and, aside from them not letting me go anywhere, they complain that all i do is stay home. my friends dont invite me to some places because they know my parents wouldn't let me go.

not only are they overprotective, but they don't trust any of my friends except like, one of them. my mom always says my friends are "okay". she never says that they're "good" or anything. one of my friends, is really cool. she's loud and stuff, but she knows how to cheer some one up and stuff. but, my mom hates her the most out of all my friends because she's loud. almost all my friends are loud, just that friend expresses it....more than the others. it's the 21 century, there arent many "goody goody's" anymore. but, my mom expects all my friends to be straight a students, have good parents, have good manners, and all that stuff.

also, my mom expects me to be perfect all the time. shes like "be the best out of your class." she's not like other moms who are like "try your best", she says "no, BE the best." it annoys me.

and they don't like skirts higher than the knee. i mean come on, i've seen grandmas who wear skirts above the knee!