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having a strict and nosey mum ( a thread)
just a little background of myself: i am a teenage girl living in the Philippines with an American dad and a Filipino mom. My dad is nice and my mum is the exact opposite.
My mum doesn't want me to have any access to the internet. She thinks "its bad for me" even if she uses it a lot. She thinks I should go to bed early even if she does not go to bed early. How come i cannot use the internet yet she can?
On the other hand, my dad will let me have some time online. My dad says "it would be unfair for me to not have any internet time yet i can see the others have it".
So i created a private instagram account that only i follow. When i am sad it makes me feel better and I can express myself using that account.
My mom decided to check my phone secretly once and she found it. She got angry when she found out that i was posting how i truly felt about her, We do not have the best relationship, and that does not give her an excuse to be minding my business.
Its my personal account. I am the only one who should be looking at what I post. Not her, not anyone else. Its not my mom's business to know what I post there but since she is a nosey person, she did it anyway.
So my parents start telling me how "they don't abuse me". WTF they do. They hit me with towels, pull my hair, constantly yell at me, and spank me. For them, its not abuse but it is abuse.
Them abusing me mentally hurts inside. They say "im just feeling sorry for myself and i need to stop that". Do they know that their words and actions hurt me inside? It's not going to make me more submissive since i am a strong willed person.
What they are doing is not going to make me into a better person. If it did, I would be that submissive and good daughter they want. Instead of them helping me through my mistakes, they always scream and yell at me for it.
Sometimes, they break coffee mugs and make me clean it up. Also, if i make a mistake, my mum would just yell at me and if i tried to fight back "i would be abusing her'.
I will admit, i might have been to harsh at her at times, but i am trying my best not to be. While them ... it seems like they do not want to stop?
My mum makes rules that even she doesnt even follow. Go to bed at 9pm, yet i hear her using facebook at 11pm or 2am. If i have fears and if I stay up late because of it, my gadgets get taken away.
But if she stays up all night on facebook, nothing happens.
I do not need anyone's sympathy. I only wrote this thread to share my story. I do not need likes or retweets. I do not need people commenting on how they are sorry for me. But if you do, that would be very nice of you.
