Are my friend's parents insane?

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PieIsAwesome

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I had a crazy controlling mother, and have friends with crazy controlling mothers, and yes, your friend's parents are psycho. He needs to stand up for himself and/or leave. There is no other way, the parents will not change on their own.

Simply living with your parents is not justification for them micromanaging your life.
 

Koing

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His parents are definitely over the top imo. But the sad fact is he lives with them and under their roof so he has to suck it up or move out on his own.

Not all parents are equal and I'm glad mine are pretty cool.

Koing
 

Mixolydian

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At 20 you better be doing something to move out ASAP, whether it's going to school, working a steady job, etc.

That said, when I was living under my parents roof, I would never allow them to tell me what I can and cannot do.
 

OutHouse

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At 20 you better be doing something to move out ASAP, whether it's going to school, working a steady job, etc.

That said, when I was living under my parents roof, I would never allow them to tell me what I can and cannot do.

wow, you would never allow? while living under their roof?

i would smack the snot out of you.
 

Perknose

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At 20 you better be doing something to move out ASAP, whether it's going to school, working a steady job, etc.

That said, when I was living under my parents roof, I would never allow them to tell me what I can and cannot do.

Using what leverage exactly? :hmm:

If you had parents who laid down the law or else, your choices would be limited to obeying or moving out.

If you had parents who were more reasonable and accommodating, what rules they decided to enforce were not generated by what you allowed them to enforce. :awe:
 

SheHateMe

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My mom always said, "My house, my rules....you don't like it, get a job and pay rent for your own place"


And I had to accept that....as crazy as some of her polices were.
 
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mikeford

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So where did you eat at, Hooters or a strip club, or French Cuisine?

Some parents are VERY active in the lives of their children.

Good side, often those kids get high grades in college and make tons of money.
Down side, see first post.
 

Mixolydian

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somebody needs a spanking.

I might see it differently if I was some teenage loser who did nothing but smoke pot and play video games all day every day. But as a responsible young adult trying to build a life for myself, I would never put up with that kind of shit from anyone - especially my piece-of-shit parents.
 

sze5003

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Yes his parents are controlling but he should be working and making some money while in college. When I lived with my parents I had a part time job then a part time job in my career field my junior and senior in college. I spent my money how I wanted but my mother always bitched.

A year or so ago parents got a divorce and my mom and younger siblings needed a place to stay because they had nowhere to go. They stayed at my apartment and my mother would always complain about the smallest little things. She would find a receipt and just ask all kinds of why and what I bought.

I just shrug it off and ignore it. I'm glad I live on my own. She will always complain and be inquisitive about everything, just how she is. Some parents aren't as forgiving as others.

It's bad enough she lives in the same city now, if I were to move across the country I bet she would freak because she doesn't know how to do a lot of things on her own.
 

UglyCasanova

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speaking as a parent of a 20 year old college kid,


LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL.

I worked as a college student, as did plenty others I know. It's not that difficult. Do you have as much time to lounge around or party? Not really. Does it require working so much that it materially effects your studying? No, not really either.

20 hours a week waiting tables is more than enough to feed you and pay rent with roommates.
 

PieIsAwesome

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I might see it differently if I was some teenage loser who did nothing but smoke pot and play video games all day every day. But as a responsible young adult trying to build a life for myself, I would never put up with that kind of shit from anyone - especially my piece-of-shit parents.

I understand your sentiments. Even if you are living with your parents, and there are rules that you need to follow, there are boundaries that you need to set regarding what sort of control (if any) and what sort of treatment you are willing to tolerate. Naturally, this may lead to conflict, depending on how your parents are, and it could lead to you being kicked out, which may or may not necessarily be a bad thing. If its so bad that your choices are to either dissolve reasonable boundaries or be kicked out, then being kicked out is the better choice. I don't believe you should ever be okay with allowing others to control you (outside of some agreed arrangement like your job). Sometimes you need to be pragmatic and weigh the consequences of your decision, maybe grit your teeth and endure asshole people, but those people are still assholes.

I had reasonable parents (once I left my crazy mother and went to my father and stepmother, when I turned 18), and a good deal of my way of thinking regarding this subject actually comes from them. They pretty much never gave me orders. My dad actually never, ever gave me an order. My stepmother would complain if I, say, left dishes in the sink and forgot, and that is reasonable. If she ever tried to order me around or try to control me, I wouldn't allow it. She never did, though.
 
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OutHouse

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I worked as a college student, as did plenty others I know. It's not that difficult. Do you have as much time to lounge around or party? Not really. Does it require working so much that it materially effects your studying? No, not really either.

20 hours a week waiting tables is more than enough to feed you and pay rent with roommates.

things are a bit different than a decade ago.
 

UglyCasanova

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things are a bit different than a decade ago.

I graduated 3 years ago. What is it that makes things so different? People still have roommates. Restaurants still hire. I doubt schools have beefed up the curriculum to the point your nose has to be in a book 24/7.
 

Brigandier

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OP should call CPS for his friend's safety, imagine what his parents do to this poor child behind closed doors.
 

Perknose

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OP should call CPS for his friend's safety, imagine what his parents do to this poor child behind closed doors.

Or his friend should call from the cell phone his parents bought for him. I can hear his piteous cry for help now:

"Help . . . sob . . . my parents forcibly chauffeur me to the college they're paying for. Tell the world my story!"
 

edro

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Kids are lazier and feel more entitled?
exactly.

"But...but... mooooooom! I can't study good enough if I have a part time job!"

Please...

I worked 25+ hours a week all through college and had plenty of time for school and endless hours of video games.
 
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