Don't like communicating with parents!

This sounds so weird - but I really can't stand talking to my parents at times. They're just so annoying! My dad still treats me like a 5year old (I'm 17) and expects me to laugh at his stupid comments / jokes etc...and my mum - I don't know what's wrong with me but I really just don't like talking to her! I can't understand why - like if she says 'goodbye, have a nice day at school' in the morning, I just can't bring myself to reply. Is this just hormones? They are ridiculously overprotective of me, especially since my sis has gone to uni. Anyone else felt like this, who has any advice? I can see it's probably making my mum upset that I don't talk to her as much as I used to - maybe it's that I'm more the silent thoughtful type than one to recount every little detail of my day....ugh I just don't know but it's getting me down!

Reply 1

i am here now

1

im 15 and people will nkow by my other thread. bu i cant talk to my parents just because i cant!!

Reply 2

lovelee-jublee

12

Anonymous

This sounds so weird - but I really can't stand talking to my parents at times. They're just so annoying! My dad still treats me like a 5year old (I'm 17) and expects me to laugh at his stupid comments / jokes etc...and my mum - I don't know what's wrong with me but I really just don't like talking to her! I can't understand why - like if she says 'goodbye, have a nice day at school' in the morning, I just can't bring myself to reply. Is this just hormones? They are ridiculously overprotective of me, especially since my sis has gone to uni. Anyone else felt like this, who has any advice? I can see it's probably making my mum upset that I don't talk to her as much as I used to - maybe it's that I'm more the silent thoughtful type than one to recount every little detail of my day....ugh I just don't know but it's getting me down!

Mine can be like that sometimes. They mean well and I love them to bits, but sometimes they need to realise that we are growing up into adults.

Reply 3

q1w2e3r4t5y

I went through that phase.

Reply 4

.x.g.x.

1

hi, i really wouldnt let it get you down. i sometimes find i have the same problem they just really annoy me sometimes, i get in from school and just go upstairs and just come down for dinner to avoid them lol and i love it when they go on holiday. maybe its because there over protected that you just feel you cant get along with them, when/if you go to uni maybe things will get better as you wont see them as often. why not spend more time with friends to cheer you up, or talk to your sister about it?
xxx

Reply 5

pumpkin7

13

i really can't wait to move out.. i can't stand my parents.. my mom is always in my room tiding it up, and while others would see that as a good thing, i just see it as an invasion of privacy.. she never knocks, and always tries to talk to me while i am doing something.. like watching tv or i'm on here.
my dad doesn't really talk to me that much anyway but even the small amount he does annoys me. also, they always want to know where i am every second of the day, and it costs me a fortune to keep in contact with them. it's so annoying. mom also insists on running me EVERYWHERE when it gets dark.. i mean, seriously.. it's nice, but what are buses for? hmm?

you aren't alone mate.

Reply 6

Eien

16

I felt like that for a while, although I am generally close with my mum, who I live with, except the moments when she overreacts and has stupid huffs, but that's like any mother... Something enlightening she said was that any pain your child suffers, the parent suffers 10 times worse, it's a natural protective reaction. Unfortunately I don't see my dad often and I find it very difficult to communicate...we're just too different. I still love him as a parent, but getting close is very difficult, and I think this is reflected by the fact I find it hard to have meanignful relations with men in general...

Reply 7

34253

2

I think everybody has this problem, one day you can talk to them another you can't...

Reply 8

Zymoen

Some people have parents who don't give a f*** about their kids. Don't want to know where they're going, what time they'll be back, what sort of day they've had or even if they're happy.

Some parents love their kids and it isn't reciprocated. Sometimes parents die too soon.

Sobering thoughts huh!

Reply 9

strawberry

13

I'm a person who gets along very VERY well with my parents and I can't bear not to be able to talk to them. the only thing is, I don't talk to them about boyfriends or kisses or anything. to them, I'm an angel (apparently) and my mom is still under the impression that I've never been kissed by any guy.

I have. my boyfriend and I shared our first kiss months ago.

but I guess for you guys who can't talk to your parents at this stage, wait till you're older and be patient. usually when you're older and assumed to be more independent, you'd appreciate your parents more

Reply 10

rozzy

9

i used to be like that....it may just be the teenage hormones or something! when i was 15-16 i used to HATE talking to my mum....you know when every little thing they do/say gets on your nerves and you end up shouting at them! well anyway...i think as you grow up you start to understand their overprotectiveness and what they say/do...and like strawberry says...you start to appreciate your parents more!

my older bro always reminds me that i should make the most of my time with mum coz you never know what can happen....

next time your parents ask you where you're goin what time you're comin back...have you eaten? blah blah...just remember its only coz they care and worry about us!

Reply 11

frappuccino

6

Yeah sometimes I just feel really annoyed with everything they do even if I know I'm the one with the problem! I guess we just take them for granted. But most of the time I'm okay and I'm trying to be nicer nowadays..

Reply 12

username30638

13

I can't believe some of the comments that there have been. None of you have given any reason to hate your parents, other than the fact that they are trying to be nice or take an interest in what you are doing! Christ, some people would kill to have parents like that, or even to know who their parents are at all.

Without wishing to sound harsh, I think you need to start to grow up and appreciate how lucky you are.

Reply 13

icedsilhouette

Hmmm... I know what you mean... I just put it down to taking things for granted too much (not judging - I do the same) and too much contact.

I tend to get annoyed at my mum because she is both overprotective, wanting to know where I am all the time and trying to control my life, and equally not bothered about spending any quality time with me, which I enjoy... Parents, eh?

I think it's more a thing of wanting to assert your independance, making it clear that you don't 'need' your parents.

Reply 14

*starry_eyed_*

14

we've got to give our parents credit- they try so hard to comumnuicate with us! sure, My dad is certainly old fashoined and expects me to laugh at all his jokes, no matter how many times i've heard them before! Just try talking to your parents, even if its the odd coment..you can't avoid your parents forever! They brought you into this world after all!

Reply 15

Wolfgang

1

I went through the same thing...

When I hit 16 everything my parents had to say was just stupid, immature etc as if I had outgrown them on a maturity level.

But gotten a bit older (21 this year) and I like talking to them and being all stupid again.

I call it.. "Late teen accelerated personality syndrome"

Just ride it out, part of your personal development. Just remember, they are good people and they care about you :smile:

Reply 16

Little Girl Red

1

Hey, "i am here now", aren't you the girl who said that she was pregnant again by her boyfriend and had like 2 kids?
But now you're 15? What's going on?

Reply 17

Poica

14

You'll probably miss them by the time you leave. You'll only understand where they're coming from when you have kids of your own though.

Reply 18

mikeski

3

when you go through puberty you dont really like to talk to your parents, but i have notcied that laetly im starting to talk to them more, it really is an age thing. i didnt believe people when they used to say this but you will grow outta it.

Reply 19

adamu

Anonymous

This sounds so weird - but I really can't stand talking to my parents at times. They're just so annoying! My dad still treats me like a 5year old (I'm 17) and expects me to laugh at his stupid comments / jokes etc...and my mum - I don't know what's wrong with me but I really just don't like talking to her! I can't understand why - like if she says 'goodbye, have a nice day at school' in the morning, I just can't bring myself to reply. Is this just hormones? They are ridiculously overprotective of me, especially since my sis has gone to uni. Anyone else felt like this, who has any advice? I can see it's probably making my mum upset that I don't talk to her as much as I used to - maybe it's that I'm more the silent thoughtful type than one to recount every little detail of my day....ugh I just don't know but it's getting me down!

Everyone has difficulties with their parents but try and remember that they have done so much for you. Nothing makes a parent happier than feeling like their children love them. Bare this in mind.

Don't like communicating with parents!

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