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Bruh my parents are so paranoid about me it’s insane. Like I get it they care about me and that’s good but they take it to an extreme level, like I’m 20 years old and I’m hardly allowed to leave the house to go for a WALK without them freaking out about it
It’s frustrating seeing the neighborhood kids playing outside (they’re fine. We live in a safe neighborhood). Meanwhile I’m 20 and my parents are like “you shouldn’t go outside right now… what if you get kidnapped.. I heard there are coyotes out there, you might get attacked. It’s not safe” MEANWHILE ITS 4PM IN THE AFTERNOON
I leave anyways sometimes but whenever I come back they tell me how scared they were the whole time so I always feel like shit about itJul 14, 2025
It’s frustrating seeing the neighborhood kids playing outside (they’re fine. We live in a safe neighborhood). Meanwhile I’m 20 and my parents are like “you shouldn’t go outside right now… what if you get kidnapped.. I heard there are coyotes out there, you might get attacked. It’s not safe” MEANWHILE ITS 4PM IN THE AFTERNOON
I leave anyways sometimes but whenever I come back they tell me how scared they were the whole time so I always feel like shit about itJul 14, 2025
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Not sure if you’d be okay with that, but maybe you could propose them to install on your phone one of those tracking apps parent’s usually install for early teenagers...
It may not be an ideal solution, considering you should have the freedom to go out uncontrolled whenever you wish to at this point, but at least this may make them feel safer and let you have more freedom when it comes to going out somewhere.
It may not be an ideal solution, considering you should have the freedom to go out uncontrolled whenever you wish to at this point, but at least this may make them feel safer and let you have more freedom when it comes to going out somewhere.
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That's. Wow. That's really not normal, I'm sorry you have to go through that :( I thought my mom was overprotective (I had to always update her where I was when I was out and if I didnt respond for a while she'd get really mad) but that's another level. Also, mine luckily stopped when I was 18, she still asks me to text her that I arrived safely when I go somewhere at a late time and she cant sleep until I'm home again, but she doesn't scold me anymore. But you're 20, and you're still not allowed on a WALK in your neighbourhood during the day?? 
calling the police for seeing a neighbour child existing in their own home because they might be alone is also not something people do, why would they be worried about that. They absolutely seem paranoid, that's insane
calling the police for seeing a neighbour child existing in their own home because they might be alone is also not something people do, why would they be worried about that. They absolutely seem paranoid, that's insane•
•I can understand them to an extent, but at the same time I empathize with your feelings much more. It is ridiculous for them to freak out about you going on a walk around the neighborhood 
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My parents are so overprotective it’s genuinely insane. When I was a little kid I wasn’t allowed in certain parts of the house by myself (living room and kitchen) because “what if the neighbours see you through the window and think you’re home alone. They might call the police!”
Who thinks that way. It’s fucking absurd and I can’t take them seriously anymore
Who thinks that way. It’s fucking absurd and I can’t take them seriously anymore
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