My parents are overprotective. I am 18, in Ireland where I live this is the age where you are considered an adult.
My friends and I went to this festival last year and they were allowed camp but I had to go off home without them every night as soon as the bands finished. I accepted this last year ( even though I was annoyed ) but this year I feel that my parents decision is kind of ridiculously overprotective. I don't smoke or drink and my parents KNOW this, I never did any of the 'normal teenager' stuff. I thought it would show my parents I was responsible but instead, the girls who go out regularly and smoke and drink are allowed to camp from last year and I am still not. I have a boyfriend I've been with one year and he'd be with me the whole time, so would my friends.
I understand that they love me and are afraid something might happen to me but not being allowed to do what my friends do is making me feel left out, I can't look forward to it as much because I know I just have to leave, I'm beginning to feel isolated and depressed.
I'm looking to move out but haven't told my parents yet, I know they dont want me too but I feel suffocated.
Please help?
Any advice etc would be appreciated a lot, thanks.
Thank you for the answers.
I'm going to talk to them soon enough. But I kind of disagree with what the last person there said.
While I understand what you said I believe that at 18 the childish 'rules' should be lifted and parents and their 18 yr old should work out a new arrangement based on mutual respect.
18 year olds should not have to beg to be allowed do things most 16 year olds are already allowed do.
I should also mention I live so close to this music festival that you can quite literally hear it from my living room. It's so close I could come home for dinner if I wanted so if anything happened I'd be home in less than 10 mins.
My parents are being totally irrational. They don't listen and just walk away when I try to talk about something like this.
My friends and I went to this festival last year and they were allowed camp but I had to go off home without them every night as soon as the bands finished. I accepted this last year ( even though I was annoyed ) but this year I feel that my parents decision is kind of ridiculously overprotective. I don't smoke or drink and my parents KNOW this, I never did any of the 'normal teenager' stuff. I thought it would show my parents I was responsible but instead, the girls who go out regularly and smoke and drink are allowed to camp from last year and I am still not. I have a boyfriend I've been with one year and he'd be with me the whole time, so would my friends.
I understand that they love me and are afraid something might happen to me but not being allowed to do what my friends do is making me feel left out, I can't look forward to it as much because I know I just have to leave, I'm beginning to feel isolated and depressed.
I'm looking to move out but haven't told my parents yet, I know they dont want me too but I feel suffocated.
Please help?
Any advice etc would be appreciated a lot, thanks.
Thank you for the answers.
I'm going to talk to them soon enough. But I kind of disagree with what the last person there said.
While I understand what you said I believe that at 18 the childish 'rules' should be lifted and parents and their 18 yr old should work out a new arrangement based on mutual respect.
18 year olds should not have to beg to be allowed do things most 16 year olds are already allowed do.
I should also mention I live so close to this music festival that you can quite literally hear it from my living room. It's so close I could come home for dinner if I wanted so if anything happened I'd be home in less than 10 mins.
My parents are being totally irrational. They don't listen and just walk away when I try to talk about something like this.