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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 25, 2019 19:28:20 GMT
I stand up to my parents ALL the time. You MUST. if you don't you will never grow up and become your own adult. You will always be under their thumb in some way. agree completely. i try to do that also (in a calm manner preferably) but in my case its paricularly difficult due to our family situation (they hold a bit more power over me which they shouldnt really), but I recognize how important it is to be able to stand up to them. and practice it and it gets better. would highly recommend it to people. The last time I stood up to my parents is when I told them I voted for Obama. Yikes. They flipped out. I knew they were going to freak and they did. I so felt like I needed to tell them what they wanted to hear, which was to say I had voted Republican. They were baiting me on my politics, which I really don't have one way or the other but felt like I should probably vote. It was rather unsettling to feel that they were pressuring me to buckle and just say John McCain for their benefit. The fact that I had voted Democrat was less upsetting to my parents then the fact that I had informed them of doing so. They would rather be lied to and as they are in their mid 70s it is a hard choice to make. I was always the peacemaker in my family, so that was the way I managed.
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