What are the usual preachings your parents keeps on nagging at you?

mine was the usual and i should have listened for id be a lot better off today. one was stop having so many kids. there are times when i feel it was a mistake at least so early. anyway, now im having to live with them and try and make them listen to my advice so the tables have turned on me as it will them some day and they will see its not easy.

I think parents only do that because they still worry about us even if we don't live with them. They only want to be sure you're doing okay, and tend to set their expectations much low so in case they feel like they failed it wouldn't hurt as much. I'm used to my parents doing this. The preachings/sermons usualy evolve as I go along in life. Like now, my parents are bugging my husband and me to get married in a church. We're married by civil. But she still wants us to get married in a church. She went as far as calling us up for an appointment with her for the weekend to discuss some 'important things'. When we got there, she launched into a litany of the importance and significance of a church wedding. Of course, It's part of my parents wishes to see their only daughter properly wed. But with lack of understanding for the most part of the day, it can get annoying.

My daddy is a quiet type of person. He doesn't nag me. When he sees something bad on me, he will direct it to my mom and my mom will be the one to confront me. Well, the things that always bothered my daddy are things related with my health. For example, too much staying in front of computers, taking a bath after hours of watching tv or in front of computer and staying too late at night.When it comes with my mom, she always nag me things related with my attitude. For example the way I treat other people or the way I spend so much whenever I have money. I know they just do it for my sake too so even I get irritated on it, I just calm myself and listen.

Hi Capt! When I was still a student, my mom often complains about me being difficult to wake up in the morning even if there's no classes! Times like that and specially when mom is not in the mood, she will then start talking about her younger years, when she's a student. She keeps on telling how lucky I am that I don't need to do this and that in the morning like cooking for breakfast and other things before going to school...hehe I get used to hearing those until I learned to ignore it. haha Now, its great that i no longer hear any nagging from my parents...I think these days I am already the one who nags at them...sometimes specially when it comes to some health issues.

Mine is about tidying my rooms. I mean, they are not super messy, but my mom prefers rooms which look like a museum room, sterile and plain with absolutely no "junk" here and there on the desk for example.

There have been a lot of things my parents would keep nagging about me.Like sometimes I don't feel doing laundry my mom would be like "blah blah blah". And during at weekends(the only time I could rest) she always tells me to do my chores even I don't feel like it and if I tell her I don't want to she'd be nagging about it like crazy and it drives me nuts! I always keep telling my self when I'm gonna get a job I'd swear I have to own my place and move out of here,but I still have to wait for that tho.

hello Capt, I think parents are really like that. I mean,I am also a parent myself now and when I nagged for my son who's the best kid I have among three, I use to give him a preaching about the past. Maybe because my son is still a young teener and needs to be reminded again and again since he keeps doing the same mistakes too. But in your case- well..that's another case. It seems your mom nags about the past because she has nothing to nag about the present (hehehe) My mom is like that- she can't say anything about what I am now- so, when is annoyed of other things,she nags about the past- just to vent out- sort of ohh....mothers

Of course i could still remember. Number one is going out with my peer group. They thought that these group could influence me in doing something bad and i will neglect my studies. Second is, to avoid the boys and i should not have a boyfriend yet until i have finished college. For them finishing a course is the most important. Third, not to stay late at night outside the house with boys and with my friends. They were so protective of me at that time or shall we say strict. Anyway, since i was younger at that time, i could not do anything but to obey.

Hiya captain They want me to grow and mature. Do some serious work - somewhere in an office - even knowing that I am medically restricted to drive, climb stairs and forced to stay at home.

Well, the usual things...I didn't clean up my room, My clothes and hair are wrong. I should style this and cut this even though I don't want it that way. being the stubborn child (as my mother once blurted in anger too many times), of course I didn't obey her and she keeps nagging at that. well, I guess I am headstrong and I still keep acting this way because I kinda 'missed' my parents when I was growing up. nobody minded my business then and I don't why they should mind my business now. But my mom and dad only visit us once a month so we kinds have less confrontations over things that we didn't agree on. What I hate the most is when I am not doing anything wrong, but they remembered a thing I did in the past, they will nag at me hard core.... I also have this issue against them - they seem to have a perfect memory when it comes to mistakes or misdeeds. That's why sometimes, I zone them out when they are in preaching mode. I mean, I did a wrong thing once and I learned from it but seem to think that I should be monitored so tat I won't happen again. As if I want them on my tail for every minute of the day. They seem not to move on over those kind of stuff. Everyone makes mistakes, even parents. it's just that they have the seniority and authority thing going and they know well when to practice it. Also, one little mistakes turns into litany of many things that of things that I even forgot. And they don;t seem to stop. I feel like I never done anything right. and if I did right, I get nothing. Seems like they only notice teh abd things and let the good things I do come unappreciated. Damn, I feel likr I talked to a shrink.

They kept treating me as a child even though I'm in my 20's. That's what annoys me the most. I can understand that they are just very caring towards me and my parents are over-protective. But they should give me some room, in order for me to grow and learn to be independent and responsible.

I was generally a good daughter to my parents and I don't really remember any strong and annoying nagging from them regarding my attitude or activities. But, its my brother who got a lot of that. They always have to call his attention about his studies. I think that was just right for them to do that, since they're the parents and he needs guidance. Although, perhaps they could have done it differently each time, so that it doesn't get annoying.

Mine is about tidying my rooms. I mean, they are not super messy, but my mom prefers rooms which look like a museum room, sterile and plain with absolutely no "junk" here and there on the desk for example.

Nagging puts pressure on you to do something, but is not so outright aggressive that you can fight it easily. As the saying goes “Mother knows best. Actually my mother is not really nagging but teaching us what to do and not to do. They nag us when we commit the same mistakes over and over again.