[GCFL-discuss] Opinions and Advice

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So how old did you say you are???

Dave
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Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 6:47 PM
Subject: [GCFL-discuss] Opinions and Advice


> Ok. I have a question, and want people's opinions. The question is this:
> what do you do when what your parents want and what you want are
different.
>
> The context of the question is rather complicated. For the Reader's Digest
> version, I have been living on my own for a number of years now, and my
> parents made me move back home. I was planning of moving out of my
> appartment, into another one with two friends. 1 week before I was to
move,
> my parents decided that it wasn't good for me. They didn't like one of
these
> two individuals, and simply said "No". I didn't want to disappoint my
> friends, so I'm still paying rent there (both these individuals have
severe
> food intolerances, and trust the others to NOT contaminate the kitchen -
> something they don't feel everyone can. There's only a few people they
feel
> they can trust.).
>
> My mother loves to lecture, and will do so on any opportunity available.
> Some examples are: "You didn't get that job! ... you're too meek. That's
> what they didn't like about you... you also waste your time .... you
> shouldn't have gone to church during exams." ... [after calling me on my
> cell]
> "Where are you? ... you should have called" - I remind her that she was to
> call me, and that I did, in fact call her anyway - "... Well, when you
don't
> get an answer, you call back every two minutes until you get one." This is
> not practical for two reasons: one, I use up cell phone minutes
needlessly,
> and two, my father works at home, and is on the phone for hours on end
with
> business associates.
>
> Anyway, that's just rambling. Needless to say, I'm not happy at home; I
feel
> trapped, because I'm outside the city limits where there is no public
> transportation and therefore cannot go anywhere or do anything social. I
> want to be living in the city, but it would absolutely kill my parents -
esp
> my mom - to live with my friends, but I need to live my life.
>
> I've tried talking to them, and tried just following them, not really
caring
> what it was that I wanted. Neither works well, so I was just wondering
what
> you are thinking.
>
> ~Quama
>
> PS. Thanks.
>
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