Have any of you fine people out there ever heard of the phrase, "Live and let live?"
Obviously, my parents haven't. Or more specifically, my mother.
I mean I was just joking with my father in the car on the way to dinner, because we were driving down Maxwell Street and he was saying how I should just wander through Singapore instead of going to the same old places.
Me: Aiya...wandering through Singapore very boring la...must have someone (Note: I didn't specify ANY kind of someone) to go with leh... Dad: (as a joke) Then get a girlfriend and walk la! Mum: (butts in from the back seat) I don't think so lor...then have to spend money on her la...call her la...not to mention you're going back next year and have to sort that out (gee, mum, really? I had absolutely NO IDEA!)
I mean, come on, I'm almost 20 years old for crying out loud! I can think independantly! Don't you think I can make these decisions for myself? Maybe unusual circumstances may dictate something beyond thy own straight and narrow, ever non-deviating path.
My apologies, I'm ranting. But you get the point...do any of you get frustrated by the fact that one (or both) of your parents are incapable of taking a joke or tries to dictate the way your social life should be? Insisting on knowing who you're going out with and where you met them, under what circumstances? Frustrated by the fact that they don't trust you enough to make your own decisions?