As adults, do you still hide things from your parents??

I'm 50 years old and I still do that. It has gotten better though. I think at my age Mom has mostly given me up as a lost cause. LOL So now insted of bugging me she is bugging my youngest daughter. That is one of the reasons my daughter and I are so close.

oooooohhhhh definitely YES!!! My parents are separated and i come from a very conservatice family. My dad gave up smoking and drinking several years ago even before i learned how to smoke and drink. When i stepped in college of course how i can resist the fun at parties and all. So up to now i couldn't come up to them and tell them that i drink and i know how to smoke as well. And oh, i'm 26 years old. oh well, parents. i guess we just have to learn how to make our children tell us everything and just explain to them that it is ok but they just have to do everything in moderation. :)

As a child we would hide things al the time .Now as an adult i hide a lot more .I just do not want to know how unhappy i really am .When i see them i`m bright happy and bubbly but on the inside it`s a very diferent story .They will never know the real me

Hello Amstardam! Generally, I don't hide things from my parents and I am always truthful to them and everybody. The things that I think may put them in pain, I tell them lightly causing minimum effect what so ever. The only things that I have hidden or I hide or try not to tell them are when I am ill or injured or have some health concern. That's where I think that they can't digest it and would themselves fall ill or sick just by knowing this fact. My mother like every other mother has some special sense that tells her if something is wrong with me. She calls me to ask if every thing is okay. She sometimes even describe whatever happened as accurately as it actually happened. There I feel myself in a difficult situation and as I try my best not to lie, I just give her a reply in a diplomatic way and I tell her that I am fine, as if I wasn't fine how I could be talking to her!:-)

yes some adults material of course i'm hiding from parents..

I might be a bit young to answer this, but yes, I still hide things from my parents even though I haven't lived with them for two years. I've been smoking on and off for two years, and I won't tell them that for years to come. I also keep certain things about my life style hidden from them, since I doubt that they would approve all that much. I guess it's only natural for children to hide things from their parents, no matter how old they are.

Haha! Were on the same boat. I was like hiding from my parents my smoking habit for like 12 years, imagine that. Come to think of it, i'm 33 now and still afraid of them to find out. But my mom found out abt it sometime last year and i love her so dearly cause she kept mum abt it from my dad. . haha! (",)

i still hide some things from my parents also. mostly my mom. she is really touchy about stuff. i think she gets a little envious that we have more stuff then they did when we were kids. so if we make any purchases we hide them from her. i also can't tell her when i talk to my dads half sister. my mom got jealous of their relationship because they were very playful, but thats just the nature of that family. and i think she was jealous that she has no relationship with her brothers and sisters. so now we have to hide it when we talk to our aunt. i'm the same way, i hope that my kids can always tell me anything without fear of being judged or lectured.

I can understand because my husband was like that at one stage until his father found out and he was forever giving him lectures. I told him that he is old enough to do what he likes and why hide the fact that he smokes. He never smokes in front of his parents though. I wouldn't be surprised if your parents already know but just haven't said anything. I suppose some things are best left unsaid.

yes i hide things from my parents like the problem we encounter as husband and wife. Now that im married i dont even think of telling my problems to my parents. I just solve it all by myself. I know they have so many things in their mind, so id rather not tell them so i will not become their problem.

To a certain extent, yes. In my case, I'm very into body modifications (tattoos and piercing), and my parents don't really approve of them. So I don't make a point of hiding them from my parents, but I also try to not show them off when my parents are around. Even though I haven't lived at home in more than 10 years, and they have not really had much of an influence on what I have done with my life for quite some time, I do it mostly out of respect for their opinions. I'm still going to do what I want to do with my life, I just won't rub their faces in it.

Its my character from my childhood that I dont tell my problems to my Parents or any body else. I will always try to solve all my problems by myself. With that, I think its better to hide something from our parents that can trouble them, instead of telling them and making them to worry about them. I do hide things from my parents that I feel they will be definitely worried when they know that.

I still hide a few things from my mom, especially my smoking habits and the wild dates i go with my boyfriend and my friends. Its not that I dont trust her. I just believe that she will feel so much better and will not worry too much. I will understand if my children will hide a few things from me,they will grow up to become teens but what i would like to do is assure them that whatever they do in life, they must make sure they will not hurt themselves or anyone else...

I've learned the hard way not to tell things to my parents and I guess in some ways that means hiding things from them. I do it to stay sane. My mother is not a bad person who is mean but she is narcissistic and can subconciously sabotage anything that might be important to me. so i try to keep conversation light or as she likes it, focused on her. I would like very much to be able to talk with her in a normal relationship but whenever I think that might happen, she somehow does 180 degrees and turns everything back to herself. So, now I accept that and just love her as she is and not set myself up for hurt and disappointment.

Even though we know deep down that our parents love us no matter what we do, we all hide something from our parents. We hide things because we are not wanting to be preached at for the right and wrongs of something. Or we don't want to disappoint them by finding out a dark secret about us. something we know they wouldn't like. I tell my parents alot, but there are just some things better left untold..skeletons in our closets..

My mother & my partner don't get along all that great. So I find that I just don't tell her about any petty argument we may have, as she'll remember it long after I have forgotten it & it just adds to her dislike of him. She really liked my ex, and it seems she's still upset that I'm not with him anymore.

No i do not, for that simple reason that they passed on to new adventures. I never did while they was here either tho, as they'd never played a big part in my life and i never saw them for the past 10 years while they were still here.

the only time i did that was like 10 years ago when i got my first tattoo on my ankel i was like 23 then.i hid it from my parents for about 6 months.i even went out side to lay in the sun and there i was with a bikini on and socks.it was too funny.so i just said to myself what am i doing this is ridicoulous.so i showed them and believe it or not they didnt have a problem with it.we look back at laugh about it now.now i have 4 more lol.but i can hide them when i want to.

i do hide things but it not related to my behaviour it is related to my personal life ....i dont want to trouble my dad with my problem i am old enough to tackle the situation and i might do it till i die cos i want my dad to have a picture of me being very happy and i dont want to change it since he is happy i am also happy.................