[Help] My mom thinks I shouldn't have little things that make me different than her. Updates to this post /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:37:48 +0100 Reply from NoGifts /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106714 And, I love it when my kids say something clever,funny and perceptive that makes me laugh.

]]> NoGifts Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:40:09 +0100 Reply from NoGifts /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106713 right, I’m almost 50 but I’ve got a great sense of humor. I’m sorry about your mom’s lack of humor. Life is so fun and funny when you can laugh about stuff.

]]> NoGifts Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:39:42 +0100 Reply from usurper /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106703 [quote sarahannoman]she just turned 50, so she’s old and not very sense-of-humor-ish (sorry I couldn’t think of any other way to say it).[/quote]

50 is not really “old” in my books.

]]> usurper Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:37:45 +0100 Reply from Me.Myself.and.I /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106694 she just turned 50, so she’s old and not very sense-of-humor-ish (sorry I couldn’t think of any other way to say it).

]]> Me.Myself.and.I Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:34:46 +0100 Reply from usurper /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106542 [quote sarahannoman]oh btw, I’m 13[/quote]

You are allowed to think for yourself. Of course you are. I encourage you to do so, always.

But understand that your parents provide for you probably everything you have, they work to feed you (its harder than it sounds), clothe you and you’re here because of that. They know more then you do. So yes, always voice your opinion - but as long as you are being supported by them, you should respect them. If for no other reason, that one is a good one. No one else will support you, expecting nothing in return.

Be open to what they are saying and use your better judgment.

]]> usurper Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:26:28 +0100 Reply from NoGifts /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106540 And it will be easiest on both of you if you can keep a sense of humor about it. Do what littlenick said, then whenever she starts you can start to make a very gassy noise. Or think of other funny things to say about her complaint–and actually laugh together. If she has a sense of humor too, she will appreciate you and maybe get the point and laugh at herself. That often worked with my kids.

]]> NoGifts Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:25:36 +0100 Reply from littlenick /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106499 [quote talianstallion2]remember you get to pick her nursing home.[/quote]

Yeah, tell her you will choose a room where she has to have a roommate with a real bad flatulence problem who’s always picking her nose!!!

]]> littlenick Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:07:31 +0100 Reply from talianstallion2 /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106495 remember you get to pick her nursing home.

]]> talianstallion2 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:06:05 +0100 Reply from WHATABIGNICKNAM /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106475 dont worry get your back on your mum when shes an helpless old woman

]]> WHATABIGNICKNAM Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:57:24 +0100 Reply from Anonymous /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106463 ask her gently what she is afraid of, she’ll give you a flippant answer, but persist gently and that’ll make her address it

]]> Anonymous Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:55:07 +0100 Reply from laura.c.morga /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106462 Ask your mother whether she ever did anything different from the way her folks did it.

Then explain to her that you’re on your path to learning how to be an adult, and that you trust her to be able to tell the difference between when you’re actively disobeying her and when you’re just harmlessly experimenting with life. Tell her that she brought you up to be inquisitive and thoughtful, and that you’re exploring the world just like she’d want an intelligent daughter to do.

Then tell her that if you ever find you’re not sure about something important, you will always ask her advice.

Hopefully that will reassure her and give her the confidence to let you do your own thing a bit more. Good luck.

]]> laura.c.morga Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:55:00 +0100 Reply from Me.Myself.and.I /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106431 I’ll try, but it’s hard to do that without getting in trouble here.

]]> Me.Myself.and.I Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:46:05 +0100 Reply from littlenick /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106426 Do what makes you happy. Your mom is not always going to be around to tell you what to do.

]]> littlenick Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:44:39 +0100 Reply from Time Traveller /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106424 she’s wrong to do that. You have to be yourself you can’t be her.

]]> Time Traveller Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:44:25 +0100 Reply from Me.Myself.and.I /post/290491-my-mom-thinks-i-shouldnt-hav#reply-5106416 oh btw, I’m 13

]]> Me.Myself.and.I Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:42:58 +0100