Overprotective mom?

You're a perverted little monster.

It was a cold, windy morning the day we first met. Wow. I'll never forget how the sunlight bounced off the reservoir, reflected onto your brown lustrous mane. You approached me cautiously, always the worrier. Pawing at the ground... shuffling nervously. I saw you were clad with new shoes and I smiled. You looked so good, I was impressed! I proffered the apple. You declined. And then you were gone, running, in the wind. My last memory of you: a distant neigh, ringing out across the valley.

Mean mama wrote:

So I'm 19 now

Moran.

You tell your mother to stop being so selfish. You are your own damn man. Hopefully her overprotectiveness did not hurt you too badly overall.

Are you talking about camping in your backyard?

Were males not chicks. I dont know what to do, my mom cant be reasoned with no matter how polite or reasonable I try to be she will get angry and start trying to scold me for questioning her,she will raise her voice ni matter how calm I stay. She also goes around and tells relatives and friends about this camping idea and tries to make it seem like the idea makes me some kind of criminal or something. If I try to speak with her and the family that she manipulates they will all gang up on me and make me feel like I have no say at all. If I were to just go they would all be try and scold me. I dont want to be the rebellious kid and deal with scolding everyone hating my guts. This is definitely not healthy but how does someone deal with this!?

Who cares what she thinks. Go to the camping thing and if she gets in your way, call the cops. They'll arrest her (ironic because she wants you trapped in her prsion) and you may be able to file a restraining order, if need be.

Mean mama wrote:

So I'm 19 now and I want to go camping with two of my other eighteen-year-old cousins(Maybe 2-3 hours from home max). They would be allowed to go camping without their parents which seems reasonable but my mom wouldn't let me go. Were not a bunch of crazy wild teens and we would go just for the awesome experience because were big outdoors and sports guys, not drugs and trouble. I understand as a mother, her natural instincts are to protect but at what point would camping without parents be allowed. Just asking for opinions, either way, I will respect my mothers' thoughts but it doesn't hurt to know what others think right?

Will you be roasting marshmallows? They are lousy nutritionally, but they have a great texture if roasted just right.

I think you're trolling but if not. You need to move out. Seriously. Get a lot of space physically and emotionally from your family. It's not a healthy relationship

You aren't trapped

Mean mama wrote:

So I'm 19 now and I want to go camping with two of my other eighteen-year-old cousins(Maybe 2-3 hours from home max). They would be allowed to go camping without their parents which seems reasonable but my mom wouldn't let me go. Were not a bunch of crazy wild teens and we would go just for the awesome experience because were big outdoors and sports guys, not drugs and trouble. I understand as a mother, her natural instincts are to protect but at what point would camping without parents be allowed. Just asking for opinions, either way, I will respect my mothers' thoughts but it doesn't hurt to know what others think right?

Find another accomodation then you can do whatever you want.... oh hang on... you cant....

Just go and say your friends made you do it.

You're 19 and an adult. Your mom is not preventing you from camping. You're allowing her to prevent you from camping. Discuss the safety measures you'll take to reassure her. But if you want to go camping. Go.

It doesn't sound like you're planning to do anything sketchy just going camping I think getting in the woods is about the healthiest thing you can do for yourself especially if you live near a city.

I've known some people who have overprotective mothers and there 29 years old and they still have problems with their mothers and they're afraid to disappoint them and that has caused a lot of other problems in their life.

As long as you're not planning to do anything immoral I would just tell your mother that you love her and you're going camping and say bye if not you too may be 29 years old and still having your mother trying to dictate your life.

This seems really trollish, but if it's true then you need to start distancing yourself from her and maybe cut off contact for a while. She sounds like a nutjob.

Go camping

If she's still paying and housing you then do what she says. You over 18 so you can do what you want. Your cousins are probably delinquents lol

What does your mother say? Well, then why are you asking ME? Grab me the Sports section over there. Did you see Family Circus today, it’s a chuckler. Is my Swanson’s ready yet? I worked 9 damn hours for this family, the least your mother could do is have my Swanson’s ready for me when I get home. For real though, if mother says something, you know there is no point in asking anyone else. I don’t want you dragging me into this. Plus, your aunt told us about the dope she found in Timmy’s shoebox, we don’t want you hanging around with junkies, I don’t care if they are your cousin. Maybe, once he comes back from the boarding school in Utah, we can discuss it, but until he is reoriented, we do not want you hanging out with him by yourself. End of story.

No, they are good kids, outdoors guys who are insane at sports and hang around the right crowd. To top it all of we all graduated high school with 4.0s(that doesn't mean I check from grammar and write like a god as you can see). Long story short, there is no reason to try and keep me away from my cousins(that I can see). But as long as I'm living with my parents, I guess there is nothing I can do except finally emerge from my cocoon at 30 years old and live like a total loser who can't handle the hardships of the world and not know how to do anything myself. Oh well.

Mean mama wrote:

So I'm 19 now and I want to go camping with two of my other eighteen-year-old cousins(Maybe 2-3 hours from home max).

If you stopped starting sentences with "so" your mother would undoubtedly think you're more mature and intelligent and let you out of the house.

You're 19. You've been living on your own for awhile now paying bills, dating, etc....why does your mom have any say what you do with your time in your house?