Gee golly gosh. Fucking hell.Why is it such a huge deal if you get something pierced? I just had my lip done, I've wanted it done for years. Parents hate it, of course. They say my lip will never be the same, that I ruined myself, that I'm ruining my life.... or at least, that's what they WILL say when they see it. I'm not over-dramatising, it's the complete truth.
Second.... I talk to them about schooling in the UK, my dad's all for it, my mom thinks I'm out of my mind and impractical.
Third.... they're coming to visit in a few weeks. Joy of joys, I get to spend a gruelling weekend with the reason I left home in the first place. ...Don't get me wrong, I love my parents. And I actually get on quite well with my dad, when my mom's not around. My mother seems to think there's some incurable fault deep within my DNA that makes me who I am - someone she needs to change.
I hate to sound like such a whiner, but ...in all honesty, this is the hardest time of my life so far. Well, really that's only because I'm learning loads of new things about the unknown and myself.... But in such a transitionary time, it'd be swell to have some backing (real, HONEST support) from the two who so "lovingly" created me.
I put quotations around "lovingly" simply because I don't feel my parents truly love each other. They married because I came along, I came along because the condom broke, and they were together out of the necessity of loneliness. Forgive my cynicism, but if you knew them, you'd see what I mean. Most assuredly.
So at any rate... I feel this is the calm before the storm. Sure, the waves are tossing my little plank of driftwood around a bit now; but when the shit hits the fan, I'll be faced with one hell of a massive front. How should I go about this? The issues I've discussed above are really only a fraction of what my relationship is like with those two. Should I fight them on this? Should I state my case and stand my ground? Or... should I feel guilty for wanting to argue with my parents for my own freedom?
Every child is faced with this at some point. Which is why I tend to think I should go for the former.
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Not because you need to run anything by them, but simply because you know how they will react and should always try to soften such confrontations.
It would have been the best for the relationship. You have to watch out for that as much as with a friend or significant other, good relations don't come naturally to anyone.
You refer to yourself as a child, which will be the truth until you start sharing the responsibility of the relationship between you and your parents, treating them as people as well as close kin.
As for the more practical solution to your current problem, you could either call them up right away with a warning or take a full confrontation when they arrive. By 'confrontation' I do not mean you should stand ready to fight them on the issue, but to say that while you understand their reaction (whether you do or not), this was your own decision and that dwelling on the matter serves no purpose.
Afterwards, don't expect them to it rest.
They also need to start treating you as an adult as well as their child. This will only happen when you act the part. Knowing what battles to fight with parents is a requisite for that. And very few battles, or skirmishes as they always pan out to be, are ever worth fighting.
In fact, this post of yours could have been written by my cousin shannon to a T. I think her error is tat she's still totally that child that they can still govern.
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