Hypocrite? Her?
The nightclub in my town used to run underage nights in the middle of the week: no alcohol on sale, chucking out time at 10pm - looking back, it must have been crap but I'll never know since my parents banned me from going. They also tried to ban me from working in a pub when I turned 18 because the pub in question "used to be a brothel".

I was a model daughter. Straight As at school, always helped with the housework. Stayed at home reading while my classmates were drinking White lightening in a local park. Got a job while I was doing my A Levels and gave a percentage of my wage to my Mum to contribute to the bills. The ONE time I slipped up and came home at 1.30am instead of 1am (at the age of 18), they forced me to give up my job in the bar and had to account for every minute spent outside of their house.

6 months later, I packed my bags and moved to France. It took me years to get over the urge to ask their permission before doing something and feeling guilty when I stayed out late.

To top it all, a few months ago, my aunt told me that during my Golden Girl years, my mother would frequently complain that I wasn't normal, never went out with my friends, yata yata yata. I was 14 OF COURSE I wanted to go out with my friends, get drunk, have underage sex but SHE banned me from leaving the house.

Now she sees my once a year and one day, when she's old and infirm she'll have to go into a nursing home because I won't be there to look after her. Ha!
(ellen smellen, Thu 8 Mar 2007, 21:47, Reply)