Post by anonymous on Nov 3, 2005 21:47:46 GMT -5
My parents are really judgmental, even about my friends. I really hate it because they say things about my friends that are sometimes insulting and it really bothers me. Not all of my friends are considered "normal" and so my parents think that I think that too. It is really hard for me to listen to them. And what's worse, they don't stop. My mom has gone on for a while about a few of my friends. She has even told me that some of them aren't exactly what she would want me to be around. The people she means aren't bad kids, they just aren't "normal" or like me. My dad can be racist and that really bugs me because I have friends who are Hispanic and from other cultures. But when I say something like "so and so was really annoying today" then my parents tell me to be nice to them and give them a chance. How am I supposed to show them that I do try to give those people a chance, but that they (my parents) don't even think about giving my friends a chance and think that they can say whatever they want about them? It is really disturbing sometimes. I really don't want to fall into that habit, and I don't think I will because I see how mean it really is. If there's one thing I can't stand is when people insult my friends. They can insult me all they want, but if they start on my friends, I get really upset. How can I tell them that it bothers me without being rude? I do love them, but I think that they have too many opinions that they voice instead of keeping them to themselves. The one thing that my mom says a lot is "so-and-so isn't a normal person" whenever I tell her something weird that a friend did, or one of my friends opinions was. I would really like your opinions.