How do you get your parents off your back being 18?
I am 18 already graduated high school I haven’t started college but I am going to in august I don’t have a job but I am always looking. Till this day my parents still treat me like a little girl, they always want to know where I am going, and with who etc. Sometimes I am going to a party and I just tell them I am going to the movies because if I tell them a party they wont let me out and if I am not back by like 10 they call me and I just never answer their calls but I always text my mom and say I am still at the movies or we went to get something to eat. What bugs me the most is my parents are not like that with my brother and he’s just one year older then me, they let him do what he wants when he wants and hes not even in school and works temp and has a baby and tickets to take care of. I been thinking of moving out because I feel like I have no life always being under my parents watch 24/7 but I just don’t want the whole responsibility of a lot of bills at just 18. How do I talk to my parents into thinking I am responsible when I am out having fun and to not worry about me so much?
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You are a little girl. To them you will always be their little girl, so you should appreciate that. You should also be happy that they still see you that way. Have some respect and appreciate it because you will be the same way when you have kids.
Buy a gun and kill your father and take his place by your mother’s side and make more children with her.
if you move out get an apartment with someone like a close friend and you won’t have to worry about bills
Would you rather have parents that don’t give a shit about your well being or parents that actually care. You should seriously move out and get your life started you have no idea how much you will mature as a person and adult you have to do it sometime and believe me mommy and daddy arent going to be there all the time
well it \works differently with guys than girls. im not trying to come off sexist or anything but girls cant defend themselves very well. and just about any freaky guy at a party can take out a girl easily. they just care too much.
your lucky you have caring parents
Nothing about your relationship with your parents has changed except you had another birthday.
You want them to treat you like an adult while you live off of them and … if you have the money to party without working, are you getting an allowance too? And then there’s that texting… I’m going to guess that they are paying your cell phone bill as well? The curfew sounds awful but are you driving their car?
I think you just have to discuss the curfew. And it’d be great if you really started looking for ways to seriously help around the house/yard. You are a legal adult living under their roof for free. And you are their kid. If you want your relationship to change then help it change by offering to do something thoughtful, handy and mature.
You must abide by your family rules as long as you live under your parents roof. They worry about you, boys can take care of themselves better than girls.To much is happening ie,rapes,killings.Your parents are worried and concerned about you.You should be glad you have someone that cares about you.You can’t live at home the rest of your life, so think about leaving and being on your own.
Every single person who has answered has gotten it wrong and does not understand where we come from. I know exactly how you feel. They think that they can control you all the time, especially with money. The best thing to do is that if you can’t convince them with words, take it to the next level. Cut off all communication with them. Don’t call them, don’t answer their calls or texts, don’t come home to see them and if you REALLY want to get your message across don’t even come home for holidays like Christmas. My plan is to cut off all communication with my parents. And to all of you who said we should appreciate them for being so concerned just because were their children, they have to recognize that we are adults. Adults should not have to answer to parents anymore. You’re going to be in college, which means you do whatever the hell YOU want. It’s your life, and don’t EVER let your parents use money as blackmail. If they do, act like you don’t care. You can make money. You can pay for college. It will show them that you really mean business and that you refusing to acknowledge them is no-one else’s fault but their own. They treated you rudely, so now they have to deal with the consequences of THEIR actions (they always told us we had to deal with the consequences of OUR actions, are they exempt or something? HELL no). If you do all of this, you’re doing the right thing. You should not under any circumstance feel bad for doing any of this. This is not your fault – it’s theirs.
So, you’re 18, not in college yet, no job, and you still live with your parents? Are you serious? You are complaining about them supporting you and paying your bills and letting you be a freeloader? Honestly, here’s the thing: I just graduated High School, and, yes, I still live with my parents. However, I hold my own job and pay my own insurance and I invest in the household. I also have my own car and even then, ALWAYS call to make sure my parents know where I am.
Don’t be a baby, Honestly. They do not have to treat you like an adult if you are still mooching off of them.