Ok, Can't Take It Anymore

[Ryo of Inferno]

That sounds exactly like my parents. The problem with my family is that (I love him to death but...) my older brother is the biggest momma's boy that ever lived. He never did anything wrong in his teenage years, so when I got there, I was the one that broke all the rules and pushed the boundaries. I turned goth in highschool just to piss them off. Ka-Ta will tell you, I wore nothing but black for my entire junior year.

My parents won't listen to a damn thing I say because they are always right. No if's and's or but's. My solution is I'm moving out. I've tried everything else, I just hope distance will make them finally see. If not, then I just won't visit too often and will put up with them when I do. I was hoping the distance in college would make a difference, but it hasn't. They still had their little strings that they could pull, like my insurance and dependence on them for money. So I'm cutting all those ties. That's my solution.

Sorry, Ryo. I understand exactly what you're going through. I guess when a parent is zealous like this, there really isn't much you CAN do. However, once I move out, I'm taking Elcoholic's advice and I'm gonna write them a letter detailing how I feel. I think they'll flip and be really pissed off for a while, but I just won't answer any calls from them for a while. With a letter they can re-read it over and over. So I don't just get to say it once, I get to say it over and over!

Wish I could do that, However if I did all my money would dissappear. Hell I'm not even

allowed to have my own savings account. They just gave me a checking account because

of money I got from work and that was only because a friend showed me how to set it up

before parents set up another joint account. I even have to pay them taxes. Christmas

Tax, Birthday tax, tolerance tax. You name it there is a tax for it. If I did what you are

planning to do I'd probably become a bum overnight. This situtation seems hopeless.