Douk said:
Im typing on my wii, because my mother took away my computer, which 'inspired' me to write this piece. Please note that this isn't a "I hate my mom" thread, there's discussion.
Erm, could have fooled me. Much of it seems to be a "I hate my mom" thread, but ok I'll move on.
So, why is it we have to respect or love our mother jyst because society says so? My mom is a dumbfuck with computers thinks any recreational software shouldn't exist, is racist, is homophobic (im not gay but this still bothers me with her anti-gay lectures), and religious person (not that crazy though).
Nice job giving a very biased and jaded view of your mother. Grain of salt in the description here.
For a while now I have been working with a team making an indie game, I'm one of the artists so I spend a lot of time drawing. My mother yesterday decided that she can't have me doing this because she deemed it a waste of time she cut me off completely from my team for who knows how lonh but FACT:SHE HAS NO CONCEPT OH COMMITMENT AND EFFORT, if -eople are counting on you let them down because het people aren't paying you, if its work that doesn't result in instant $$$ stop doing it(seriously, if it requires ANY sort of brain power and thinking she can't do it. Non-video games like monopoly are impossible to play with her.) Where was I? Oh, I know that by these facts, I can say my mom is an Idiot and I am more capable than her, so why do I have to 'Love' her like every day is mother's day? Society tells you that parents do no wrong and you should be their little slave for your own good. My mother disapproves of everything except the classic 3 jobs all parents would be proud for you to have: Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer.
Congrats on the work you've been putting into your indie development. Not many individuals have the talent to do so and it's great that you want to evolve that skill and see where you can go with it. [sub]watch this comment be completely ignored and disregarded[/sub]
"if its work that doesn't result in instant $$$ stop doing it" yet she wants you to be a Doctor/Engineer/Lawyer, all of which require a large number of years in schooling where you are paid absolutely nothing, and are, in fact, paying
them to teach you (unless in a scholarship situation)? That's a fairly irrational deduction there.
"I know that by these facts, I can say my mom is an Idiot and I am more capable than her, so why do I have to 'Love' her". We love our pets because they are more capable then us right? Hot damn boy, have you got a lot to learn about life. You may be more capable then her
in certian situations but that doesn't immediately make you better than her in every way, shape or form.
I can tell you right off the bat that I highly doubt you'd speak to your mother the way you've been speaking about her face to face. That right there causes you to lose points in my eyes on your "greatness-o-meter".
I suggest that if you really have it so bad that you can't take it, get out. If your mother really cares so little for you, then she won't give a damn that you're gone and you can screw up your life all you want with whatever you want because you are the end all, be all of knowledge, wisdom and wit. Refuse the wisdom your parents wish to share with you and strike out on your own to make every mistake you want. Be prepared to pay for your own bills, hold down multiple jobs, have very little chance at receiving any form of secondary education (if in the USA) pay your own rent, have individuals regularly use you for no other reason but their personal gain or for shits and giggles and eventually realize that you didn't have it all that bad having to type on an internet forum on your Wii.
If you are instead speaking out of a 16 year old's temper tantrum for being told "no I don't want you doing that", then I suggest you come to a form of compromise. Perhaps she doesn't want you persuing the art form as a mainstream line of work and wants you to have a solid foundation to be able to build up from. Perhaps she's seen how difficult the different types of "glamour" industries are to become successful in and wants you to have a way to provide for yourself and your eventual family. Perhaps she gives more then a rat's ass about your success in life so she realises that so you can succeed later, she has to deprive you a little now (yes, the deprived 16 year old with his Wii hooked up to the internet).
I'm sorry if I'm being harsh, but individuals who are ungrateful rub me the wrong way.
Bah, enough about myself, can't help but rant. Its all you can do when you know you know you're stuck 'till you're 18.
Or, you could take it upon yourself to try to communicate with your mother like a mature and well reasoned individual. Considering you just got done telling us all how much better you are than your mother, why can't you be the bigger person and attempt to reason with her?
Imagine the feeling that anything in your life could disappear just like that. Everything you enjoy(entertainment, girls, friends, etc) could be gone in an instant, so you do not attach yourself to anyhing, get rid of that basic feeling of desire. of want. Thats pretty shitty in my eyes, that feeling just develops into extreme apathy and you just don't give a shit about anything.
0_o, what are you in Guantanamo or something? Over exaggerate much? It sounds like you need to work on your priorities. Welcome, Neo, to the real world. The Matrix, is a lie. This is what happens when you do that little thing called "growing up".
So escapist, I don't like my mom, am I in the wrong? Must you forever love your parents because they raise you? I think this is a dumb reason because they have no choice but to do so and I have no choice but to stay. Do you think parents always know best? Merry Christmas, also don't worry about hurting my feelings.
No you don't have to like your mom, nor do you
have to love her, but if you don't then you're incredibly ungrateful. Parents don't always know best, but they do know a hell of a lot more than most kids give them credit for. I know, I was a kid once not that long ago. I know, I'm a parent now.
