treatin' your mother bad.

Hi marielagordita.Wow thats a long name :) Anyway,i'll be 20 in a few months.But i find what you're saying strangely familiar.I totally feel the same.Sometimes i feel like my mom takes advantage of her having arthritis.I like to be left alone too.I guess our problem is that we are just being selfish and mean.Its weird.Although i know this,i still am pretty mean to my mom most of the time and i immediately regret it.I do wish she was more understanding sometimes.But she can hear what i haven't even said yet.Doesn't get better than that.I think its just a costant conflict between living life for yourself,being independent and obeying our parents.Maybe we take it as an insult that they offer us advise we haven't asked for or that we mistake their concern for us by assuming they just think we're too stupid to think for ourselves.But at the end of the day the fact of the matter is that,they're just looking out for us.They ask us for help only because we are their own and sometimes it doesn't even cross their minds that we take offense.Now i know that nobody's perfect but i think for their sake,we need to try and change.

Every teen goes through that stage at one point. I know that I did. But, just remember that your mom is the only one you got. There are a lot of teens out there that do not have a mother. Most of them lost their mom when they were teens and cannot go back and change things that they did to their mom. So try and chairsh the time you have with her and do things and help her around the house. I know it seems hard and it is because you want to be left alone and dont want to be bothered. I know exactly what you are going through. But, try and help out if you can.

I see it, too. It's just not with teenager. How about when your parents take care of their parents? Your grandparents. My parents do that for my grandparents sometimes and they complain a lot. I don't try to complain (I used to a lot), but you are right. It gets so annoying especially when you are actually doing something productive (like cleaning or doing something for school on the computer.) I wouldn't say chatting here on mylot is more important than my parents, but I understand what you mean. YOu have a wonderful day. Pablo

i also did what you did when i was a teen like you,but now that i`m already a mother i realized that i should`ve treat my mother that bad. bearing a child for nine months,giving birth,taking care of me when i was a baby, these are just some of the sacrifices that my mother did to me and i`m sure your mother too, that no amount of money can repay. so give her all the love and respect that she deserves.