Are my parents manipulating me?

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3 years ago 04/18/2021 12:42pm EDT

Im 18 years old and my parents are telling me what to wear at special occasions unrelating to them, they forced me to take the vaccine which i wanted to wait a little longer for, they are in denial of me driving until im on my own, they constantly are telling me how to spend my Saturday, like kicking me off the computer. I do care for them and they do care for me. I feel that other people perceive them as weird parents who are too worried about everything etc.

Is this right and normal? Anyone else gone through similar times?

3 years ago 04/18/2021 12:45pm EDT

re: Sadlife

Hey buddy you're 18 so that means you can do whatever you want. So tell them to fcck right off and stop using you as a source for their twisted emotional need to invoke a control complex.

3 years ago 04/18/2021 12:51pm EDT

re: Sadlife

You are 18 and are just figuring out parents manipulate their children?

Usually parents manipulate their children to be good, but not always. You have to decide if your parents have your best interest in mind now that you are 18.

3 years ago 04/18/2021 12:54pm EDT

re: STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""""""

I have an issue with doing that, i have been socially sheltered so i do not have the social skills needed to communicate with people without coming across as off so if i got kicked out i don't know what would happen. I have gotten into plenty of arguments with my parents about leaving me alone and stuff. My mom is gets pretty into it back and i know that things would not go well if i told my mom that, it would be an emotional mess in the house until i would just leave, and i would be in continued separation from my parents for a long time.

I just feel trapped.

3 years ago 04/18/2021 12:56pm EDT

re: Sadlife

Sadlife wrote:
Im 18 years old and my parents are telling me what to wear at special occasions unrelating to them, they forced me to take the vaccine which i wanted to wait a little longer for, they are in denial of me driving until im on my own, they constantly are telling me how to spend my Saturday, like kicking me off the computer. I do care for them and they do care for me. I feel that other people perceive them as weird parents who are too worried about everything etc.
Is this right and normal? Anyone else gone through similar times?

Yup, all of us. That's part of being a teenager.

Get a job, move out and then you can do what ever you want

3 years ago 04/18/2021 12:58pm EDT

re: Sadlife

Sounds like they are a bit too involved. They treat you like a kid still.

I cant speak to their motivations, but I will anyway. You waiting for the vaccine for no reason sounds like an unnecessary inconvenience for them, just one more thing not checked off a list. But it wouldn't be if they let you drive. So they've created their own problem by treating you too much like a child.

Kicking you off the computer on the weekend is for your own good probably. Unless you barely use it, in which case it's paranoia and they just believe it is for your own good.

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