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Originally Posted by sharinggan  Also, my mom was kind of a (for lack of a better word) prude. I never got to stay up late (bed time was 8:30 untill I was 12), never got to go out to hang out with friends for that long (I wasn't allowed out untill after 3-4ish because 'the sun is the hottest during mid day and you'd get burned if you were out then' and then i'd have to be back at 6 becuse 'it gets dark at 6 and i dont want you out then'). I dunno, to me it feels like she underestimates my abilities? Like, I can't take care of myself or something... grrr
Even now, as a university student she's always nagging about how I 'need to make the right friends, dont waste time with stupid things, focus on school because if you screw up terrible things will happen blahblahblah'. |
Sounds like a Catholic, over-caring Mom. What you could have done as I did (and still do) is read when it was bedtime. Perfect for the imagination, educational, and no one would know of that flashlight + books under the bed
. I don't have as bad as a bedtime as you did, but reading is helpful.
Another thing, your mother is far from you. Listen to her, but, don't follow everything she says. Do what
you want. She does not own your body.