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How is this normal, my family has created their old little world?
If you ever watched “The Village”, that is basically how I see my family. They have their own little world. Everyone of us kids (my sisters, and cousins) were home schooled. We went to 4-h together, and even joined karate. When I talk to people outside of my family they seem like a strange object. I never really socialized with people, even though we were in social groups, we all remained together. Now that I got a boyfriend and we’ve been dating for almost 6months, I spend most my time over at his house and with his friends. I enjoy this so much it’s amazing. The problem? My family I have went and joined the outside world. They constantly annoy me, at first they would show up at like 1pm and get me, with no warning. They did this on valentines day! Then after I tried to talk to them, they finally started to just wait till I called them, but if I call at 5pm asking for them to pick me up at 8pm, they say they can’t and they have to come get me when I called, but if I called at 8pm they would have come got me at 8pm. They make me feel terrible if I stay at my boyfriends house for over 3days. I’m almost 18, I make my own doctors appointments, I get my own medication (if needed), I go to my own doctors appointments, I have been trying to look for a job on my own, I go to college. I basically do everything for myself. I’m not immature, I don’t know if I sound like I’m being immature and not understanding them, but this is just the tad bit of what they do. I want my freedom. My WHOLE family is close, my mom only talks to her sisters, and her grandfather, and anyone that’s related. That’s how its always been. My 23 year old sister hasn’t moved out of the house, my 19 year old sister lives in an apartment attached to my grandfathers house that’s like 2 feet away from my parents house. They keep comparing me to them, but I am moving out at 18 (if I get a job), and I am not going to rent off of my grandfather, (who basically only rents to family). Is this psycho sh*t? Or am I over reacting?
your sister walking in on you I dont find wierd at all…some people are just more comfortable with their sexuality than others and things that dont bother them actually might bother others and they just dont realize. your dad walking in and just standing there is a pretty wierd though. I do not think you are being unreasonable at all…what did your parents expect from you when they kept you pretty much locked up your entire childhood never to experience a normal life or have any interactions with the outside world…your old enough now to make your own decisions and more likely than not your going to go out into the world and experience all the things they held you back from. socializing and making new friends. sharing experiences with people other than family. you have a mind of your own and thank god for it. it is so sad to see children be brainwashed by their parents and only ever learn to follow in their footsteps never leaving their own impression on the world. I say do what your doing now. stay out of trouble but have fun. live your life. your only given one life to live and that means only one chance to make everything how you want it to be. one opportunity to have fun. life is to short to have anything but fun so live it up and never regret anything because at one time in your life its what you wanted!!
Some of it, I agree is a bit odd…however, I think you are overreacting on some things. For one, I don’t know any parent that would be totally A-OK with you staying at your boyfriend’s for over three days…
It sounds a little odd. You should do what makes you happy so you don’t go insane! Move out when you can, but don’t disown your family. maybe you could help your sister to make friends/ a boyfriend. Get a job and save your money, then rent an apartment.
side note
My family finds it completely okay to just walk in my room. I was naked and my 23 year old sister was talking to me as if the fact that she just walked in on me naked was okay. My dad has walked into my room while I was in my underwear, and also acted as if it was okay.
I don’t think its normal..
so I read that you are trying to leave the nest lol It sounds like your familiy does a lot for you, pehaps they want to keep you around and by getting on your nerves it’s their way of saying, they don’t want you to make any mistakes or do any thing you might regret. If I was in your situation I would play along with it, let them hold on to you but still do all the other things that you want. Invite your friends over more to your familiy things instead of trying to keep it all seperated. When you do that, seperate your friends from your familiy it looks like your trying to hide something from your fam.
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