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Update about my life

Yeah, this is my life....

Right now, I'm having problems with my parents, mainly problems with the fact that they change the rules to fit them. See, the deal I made with my parents was that I would pay for my own insurance and phone plan, I would pay it on a timely manner, or late fees would incur and they would have the "right" to take away the internet for my laptop. This system worked flawlessly for several months. If I didn't pay it on time, they took away my internet and charged me late fees. Now, I wasn't always happy, but it was my fault, so I knew how to get out the mess, all I had to do was pay up.
Now the assumption was that if I ever quit paying completely, they'd take me off their insurance and phone plan, so that they wouldn't have to pay for it either. I understand this, and I agree with it, if I can't pay for it, take it away, take me off, all of that.
However, when I lost my job in May, and was unable to pay the bills for May, they did not take me off. Perhaps they assumed I'd be able to find another job quickly? The economy is bad, and it's hitting hard here as well, hence the reason most places aren't hiring. The places that are hiring want someone with experience, (they've told me so) and I don't have experience.
Instead of taking me off right away, upholding their end of the bargain, my parents (I.e. my mother, since my dad is a trucker and is never home) let me continue driving and using my phone.
However, when I got a new boyfriend, (My best friend's cousin, who lives out of state.) my mother decided to start cracking down and imposing limits on me, that I had never had before. Suddenly, I had a curfew, (I'm 18, and a college student, by the way.) and I wasn't allowed to stay at my best friend's house (which shows how much my mother trusts me.). So, I worked around those rules. I went to Amanda's house everyday and came home by midnight. I was gone usually all day, (my mother was taking college classes in June, gone from 9ish to about 1pm), and since my mother wasn't there, it was either stay home alone, bored, or go see my best friend and my boyfriend.
My best friend's mom constantly made sure my boyfriend and I weren't alone together, telling me that my mom had asked her to do so. When I questioned my mom about this, my mother declared she would never do such a thing, but the entire time she told me this, she was trying not to laugh....
Well, now, when my boyfriend has about a week left here in Texas, my mother has decided, (actually she decided right before she left for a three week vacation, last Saturday) that I am not allowed to drive anywhere. (I managed to convince her to let me keep my insurance so that I can go with Amanda to Florida.) The problem is, Amanda lives about an hour away from me, and Tj is of couse staying with her. Amanda can't drive up here all the time, and Tj isn't allowed to drive out here for various reasons, (one of them probably insurance). So, I listened to Tj, and decided to take my life into my own hands.
I'm moving to New Mexico, sometime in August, before school starts. I'm not living with Tj or anything like that, I'll be renting out a room, and working and going to college. It will be hard to find a job, I'm sure, but they seem to have a lower unemployment rate.
I've already told this to my mother. She's not thrilled with the idea, mostly because of Tj, (she did say "Go to college in Colorado, Arizona, anywhere but there!) but I don't think she'll try and stop me. And if she does try to stop me, I'm sorry momma, but it's too late.

Just the way things are right now.

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  • shattered.frisco
    September 20
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    Oh my goodness, sounds like such frustration!! I know how mothers and fathers can be, especailly with being over protecting. I'm a mother and also in college, and it got to the point of where I took my twin boys and moved out and now on my own. Since this was posted a good while ago I'm assuming my comment is null and void, but this was pleasureable to read!!

    emmi


  • Sky Princess
    July 12
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    I hope it all works out!! Good luck with everything!!

  • I wish you the best. Hopefully with the lower unemployment rate, you can find you a job quicker out there.