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Old Jan 30, 2013, 12:49 AM
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Unfortunately you have to undo all of their mistakes. For some odd reason there are parents that believe in the horrible idea of reinventing the wheel and forcing you to learn things on your own that could be learned in a 5 second google search and probably learned in a superior fashion to their upbringing. 9 times out of 10 they were raised with the same foolish ideal so don't go too hard on them.

Whenever I asked my parents how to do something they would be too tired to teach me how. And when I took the initiative to learn on my own they gave me hell about it and used about every excuse in the book to stop me. This includes trivial things like learning to fry an egg, how to ride a train, how to do laundry and even taking a 3 mile walk which is a pretty good way to combat depression. I won't even comment on the time I moved to another state...

But now you are a man and things change. Your parents can dictate all they want - you aren't obliged to do any of it. Of course they do deserve respect as they are your parents but they can't tell you who to marry.

But I am also wondering - are you in a "traditional family?" That's important info to have because I know some people that had to deal with that. I knew a guy who wasn't even allowed to date in high school...

But if it's not that bad then you need to verbalize to your parents that you are an adult and that you have to make your own decisions.

I'm also guessing that there are a lot of life skills that you don't have. There are plenty of college freshman that can't do laundry. It's a damn shame but it is what is is. All you can do is start catching up and learning these things. You want to be able to cook, clean, drive (or at least navigate your city), learn about how to make a bank account, how to pay taxes, how to use basic tools (hammers, drills, saws) e.t.c; A lot of things like this can just be learned on the internet and require practice. I don't advise learning how to drive with just the internet.

The situation you're in isn't really your fault. You just didn't know. And unfortunately they have left a mess for you to clean up. But it can be done. You just need to start learning some of those things you missed out on right now. Our generation is horribly behind in this regard but you can get it done.
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