[justamom]

I have to agree with Delt Alum, the first post did come off as ungrateful and sorry but............. lazy.

Everyone started posting and there wasn't much I could have said that was different. Even the parts that said the responses were harsh, because as someone requested-remember being 19 and your struggle for freedom.

I think at that age eveyone HATES or should, taking money from their parents. Do you pay for food, rent, utilities, phone, ANYTHING? There's a whole lot of information here like the REAL why's behind way too many questions to go into. I will agree the best thing you can do is sit down with your father (and don't be so sure the girlfriend is backing you 100%) and have that heart-to-heart you SHOULD have had when you were a Senior in HS. Like good, old Dear Abby said-pick neutral ground where you can be relaxed and no one will YELL! You father may think you should KNOW what you're doing wrong without having to tell you (because he's TOLD you a million times) and if he's thrown a lot of "threats" around before, maybe you are a little shocked because he finally followed through. Sometimes people DO need a brick wall to fall on them.


edited -pbpck-you posted as Iwas writing. I would wonder what being treated like a "13 yr old" if not worse entails. We all can paint pictures that are slightly worse than they really are. On the other hand, a 13 year old has prettystrict rules. Then, so do most children who live at home. The real hard part is going from total freedom ie, college, backto "rules' even if they are a simple as a Midnight curfew. AND cell phones aren't cheap and kids often run over their minutes...