Bitchy parents help.

[orangebandguy]

You cried? I smell a spoiled child, look if it bothers you that much get a job or move out.

 

[jboking]

You can keep commenting if you like Cheeze, However, I don't feel like returning to this thread. We seem to be arguing in manner that isn't productive to helping the OP. If you wish to actually continue this conversation you can PM me. If you would rather just get the last word...fine.

*werds*

I love when people say 'you can have the last word...' like it's some big noble act, and then they respond right back.

Couldn't help myself I was having too much fun with our arguments.

 

[quiet_samurai]

All right, I recently asked my parents for a copy of Assassian's Creed 1 and Batman: Arkham Asylum and a $300 PS3. My parents were very hesitant for AC, noticing the M rating. I explained to them that, 'You do more stealth and unraviling the plot more then you do the killings." to which they completely agreed to try and get for me. They completely understood, and my dad said he'd like to play which never happens. Last time he played a videogame, it was my N64 in 1999!

Today I woke up, showered, got all gussied up for church, and went out for breakfast only to have my parents sitting sternly at the table with a Kmart newspaper ad in front of them. They immediatly bombarded me, accusing me of wanting a M rated game and how I should be ashamed as a Christian. I quickly flipped into the ad and saw a offer for AC2, which cost $60 or $70 or so. I told them directly that AC1 was only $20 right now, this was the second one. They called BS on me, saying they would'nt even consider it now. I remember losing my cool, towering over my dad screaming " YOU HAVE MOVIES THAT CURSE MORE THEN THE FUDGIN' GAME! AND YOU ARE CALLING ME A WORSE CHRISTIAN?!?" My dad promptly yelled back at me, saying that I was going to be punshied for even saying that sentance, and I wasant going to get any food for the day and not get any presents. Not even caring, I stormed to my room and cried. Now they are treating me worse then they normally do, glaring at me and calling me it or thing. So as a logical Escapest member to another, is there any advice one can give me for this? It'll be a great help if you can.

EDIT: I'm sorry, I should have cleared some things up. They had asked me specifically what I wanted for Christmas, and I have no ways of collecting money. No allowence, no job because I'm too young, and I've been around my neighbour hood. Nobody wants me to clean their lawns or anything.

It sucks, but they are your parents. Maybe try reasoning with them a bit more instead of flying off the handle at them. Doing that is unproductive to any discussion and will likely cause them to go from talking to moderating you. Their house, their rules.

However I have seen some comments talking about you being 19... if that is true then why don't you just move out, get a job and buy your very own games. Then your parents will no longer have any reign over you and you can do what you want.

 

[DracoSuave]

To be fair.

Honouring your parents IS one of the ten commandments. Screaming at your parents over a 20 dollar game when they're buying you a damn 400 dollars or so already is -not- honouring them. It's a damn shame.

Seriously tho. I'm not Christian myself, but if you start going "I'mmo be an atheist to show them" then... well... that's just dumb.

And so is the suggestion you should do that. Atheist have enough methods to 'convert' others that are fine and noble. 'So you can rebel against your mean parents' is not one of them.

It's -clearly- a case where the parents don't want to buy a child an M-rated game, and are having trouble saying no to the child, because said child seems to react poorly to such things. It sucks for the kid, but hey, it sucks for parents to have to deal with this crap so it's a wash. There's no 'moral high ground' here, so stop fooling yourselves into thinking there is.