What makes them so perfect?

How many times has this happened to you? You ask one of your parents why they punished you a way that they did, and they give the flimsy excuse of "I'm the mommy/daddy THAT'S why!!!" Or you here them say that you're spoiled, or some of that other garbage, and insist they were so much better when they were your age. Or they refuse to answer one of your questions on the grounds that they "shouldn't have to". WHY?! It's irritating that so many adults have this ridiculous idea that they become infalliable when they're older.

They call themselves seamstresses -Feet Of Clay

They are infallible. Your exist only through them. When you can survive on your own you can question their authority and even refuse to follow it. Also my parents had provably worse childhoods then mine.

Please.

In fairness, its often not that they feel infallible, but that they feel like they have more life experience than you and know what's best.

Often justified. Sometimes they only want the best for you after all.

edited 12th Apr '11 6:08:25 PM by DanEile

"You can only come to the morning through the shadows."

I know it just sounds like teenage wangsting, and to an extent it is, but, well, I'll just let these examples speak for themselves:

My dad has a female friend who shares many of the same interests as me. I referenced Cowboy Bebob when I was near her, and my dad yelled at me because he doesn't want me to talk about TV shows with an adult.

A person (adult, natch) mentioned that she didn't like the weather that day. I simply said that I actually enjoyed the weather outside. My dad yelled at me for "contradicting an adult"

I was cleaning my room, and one of my dad's friends (along with his five-year-old son) came in. My dad's friend told his son to help clean the room, and I told him it was fine, I could handle it. My dad yelled at me for, once again, "contradicting an adult".

The worst part? My dad's the "cool" parent.

edited 12th Apr '11 6:14:05 PM by Kexruct

They call themselves seamstresses -Feet Of Clay

Roll your eyes and move on, that's what I always did.

It sounds like your dad places a large emphasis on public persona. You might have been embarrassing him.

Please.

Thin skinned.

Were you at least polite about it? Your dad might have thought you were coming off as disrespectful.

Sorry, I can't hear you from my FLYING METAL BOX!

The obvious course of action is to continue embarrassing him in a variety of ways while making certain to not get in trouble. Clearly.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah

It was in private. In all those situations we were practically alone. Also, I was perfectly polite.

edited 12th Apr '11 6:23:00 PM by Kexruct

They call themselves seamstresses -Feet Of Clay

In all honesty? Because they don't want you to contradict them when they are right.

Or at least that's the way my parents ran it.

I know it sucks, but just grit and bear it. Unless they get abusive, in which case leave. That's about all there is to do with parents.

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.

Ah don't sweat it O.P. it happens to everyone and their parents. Just wait until they are elderly then you can get your own back

I'm in medicine, if you want to put them in a home PM me. I know where the real hellholes are.

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They're not abusive, just mean.... occasionally.

They call themselves seamstresses -Feet Of Clay

If you don't like the way they parent, take notes and make sure to raise your kids as you see fit later in life.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is Power. Study hard. Be evil.

So... you're getting mad that people are wrong sometimes?

Where's that xkcd strip when you need it?

I'm convinced that our modern day analogues to ancient scholars are comedians. -0dd1

As a parent, "Because I said so!" is usually translated as, "I don't want to spend ten times as long explaining something that should be perfectly obvious to you by now."

However, none of the examples you posted make sense to me. Why would your dad be mad about you discussing the weather with another adult?

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

Don't talk to strangers? How old are you anyway OP?

Parents are people and as we all know, people can be stupid. If it isn't abuse you pretty much just have to deal with it until your an adult and then you can break off all contact with them.

edited 12th Apr '11 8:05:02 PM by thatguythere47

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?

Eh, it could be worse.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian

I think one of the most important things my mom ever told me was "do as I say, not as I do, because I slip up too."

Lol

My mom thinks it's really bad that I might be too trusting of my best friend and that I should always listen to her. Thing is, she drinks and my friend doesn't. She made us exist, and my friend won't have any (I feel sad for orphans, though). She curses occassionally, my friend does and apologizes for it. My mom freaked out when she thought I was gay, and my friend said it'd be fine if I was. I watch Disney movies and she thinks that's too immature for me; my friend is fine with that and doesn't have any problems with my other interests. Early last semester, she told me to take a break when I was in workaholic mode, and I, knowing how easily I slack off when I lighten my load, tried to convince her otherwise, but since she's my mom "she's right" and I ended up getting lazy with near butt-everything and got unacceptible grades to UCF. My friend has tried to do/say anything to get me to do my work when procrastinating, keep me from killing myself, and not get in trouble with my mom (and she gets me into a lot of conflict between her and my dad when I have to listen to her). My friend knows I'm crazy and just doesn't want me to bother him with going obsessive or doing something stupid, and he also cleans his (often very messy) room without being told to. My mom thinks I need should never disrespect her no matter what the situation (if my friend really really needed me, I'd go help him out instead of just, like, stay at the house if that was what my mom commanded), and my brother is the messy one who never cleans the room on his own. Never.

Ouch, that's a lotta text.

edited 13th Apr '11 2:24:58 PM by Enzeru

@Blue Ninja:

That kind of falls apart when you realize that the child most likely wouldn't have asked in the first place if it was that obvious. Unless, of course, you think children are morons by default...good luck with that.

Honestly, any parent resorting to "Because I said so" is only showing their own failings. (Usually impatience and/or lack of an actual explanation on hand for what they've ordered the child to do.)

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)

Hey, people make mistakes. I get that. Problem is, with my parents, they do stuff like this absurdly often.

They call themselves seamstresses -Feet Of Clay

The first time, they should get an explanation. The second time, maybe. By the third, damn right it's "because I said so" because I already have explained it.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw