Strict

My parents are a bit too strict. I know that there are worse parents than mine, and I love my parents but they don't really give me any freedom. I thought that I would be able to choose what happens in my life more when I turned 18 but they still treat me just like they did in High School. I couldn't go to the mall with one of my friends because he is a guy, and I had to come home at nine one day when I was just up the road from my house because my parents don't like one of my best friends and didn't want me to stay out any later because I was with her. She made one stupid mistake one day and they automatically don't like her and try to keep me from spending time with her. I had to wait years before I could get my ears pierced, I couldn't dye my hair until I was 18, I couldn't watch the Harry Potter movies growing up, and I couldn't date ( and judging by the fact they wouldn't let me hang out with one of my friends because he was a guy then I'm guessing it would still be pretty difficult to date now).

I just want to be able to make my own choices and for them to trust me. I may not always take out the trash when I'm told, or do the dishes regularly, but I've never done anything to really get in trouble or to truly disobey them. I've missed out on a lot of things in life because I follow what they told me. I never got in trouble at school and I kept my grades up and yet they never trusted me. I waited for the day that I would turn 18 because I thought things would change but they haven't and I don't know how to feel about this anymore. I'm an adult and they are still treating me like I'm 10. I wish I could move out and try living on my own to see how I would make it without their influence over my life, but I don't have a job and therefore no money. I think they need to trust me and listen to what I have to say and let me do things as I choose, but they won't change because they don't see that they're in the wrong and won't listen when someone tries to talk to them about things.