In China we learn to respect our elders! Having said that, my parents do get fucking annoying some times, but i try to be respectiful.

My mum goes through my reciets, wallets and bank statement and checks on what i've spent my money on, and thats fucking annoying!

//i hate it when parents go through your stuff- especially when you're away, or out or something...

argh! yes! when i'm away my mum has this nasty habit of pulling EVERYTHING out of my room and putting it in a big box just outside my door, then completely stripping everything down, walls/bed/carpet/windows/shelves - the lot! she then makes me sort the box out the day after i get back....

my room is currently tidy.

like what? like 20 questions when you're going out? where are you going? who are you going with? what time? how are you getting there? how are you getting home? what time does it start? what time does it finish? will parents be supervising? will there be alcohol? what will you be doing there?.. kinda thing... or like asking you about your life and friends etc etc etc?

fair enough, since u two are still lil gurls (under 18). But my folks still bothers me with the *don't take any drugs nonsense* when i am now currently 20!

20 questions gets annoying when you are older, or not even living at home...

but parents have to do these things... its been responsable

Your parent's know you're not actually watching videos.

Im more honest with my parents these days so things have gotten better between all of us we dont fight as much anymore but when ever i go out they do ask me questions just a few

Depends how old you are, what sort of people you're friends with and how responsible you've been in the past.

mine was midnight- except when i was driving cos i cant get my full yet so i had to be home by 10... and when i was really sick- like 9ish...-11ish... depending on how bitchy my mum was feeling...
my mates- about 1ish 2ish... altho it depends on what they are doing... i hated the fact that i had to be home by midnight... espech when some of my mates only go out at midnght...

I was a teenager that was never allowed to go to parties. I was allowed to go to Germany but not to parties. i was 17 before attending my first party. Though i didn't care to much, i did miss out on socialising and i find i'm a bit party retardant now, so i'm kinda a bore unless there's lots of dancing, adn i don't do drugs, but i drink a little.

Some of my friends had this to say:
"if you're that happy without drugs, don't do them ever!"
"i wish my parents cared about where i was"
"i wish my parents were here to growl at me and tell me off"
"i wish my parents had been a bit harder on me, and then perhaps i wouldn't have ended up where i am"
"when i have kids, i'm going to watch them and be more aware of their surroundings"

I also hated it that i hardly got privacy. I didn't have a boyfriend till i was almost 18 - cos i was afraid of my parents finding out and giving me shit. Mum wanted me to be "normal" and have boyfriends, but where would the point be if i couldn't go out with them, or be alone with them? And my parents were freakishly in tune with my small town and knew EVERYTHING! i swear they knew about everythign i did.

How old are you? Im' 23, and have lived away from home since i was 18. I didn't go to uni or anything, but i worked instead. I just say this cos i grew up real quick, and moved away, and i missed mum and dad, even though they still don't agree with everything i do - or my boyfriend for that matter.

Thank your lucky stars that your parents are alive, i hope in good health (my mum is 43 and has incurable cancer), and that they care. Be worried if they don't care - even if you do something dumb, leave them a note - at least they won't die on the spot of worrying for you. Think for 5 minutes of having to go to their funeral, and not being able to tell them that you're engaged, married, pregnant, got into uni (i just told my mum that today), etc. Think of that and then put it in context with all the shit that's going on. Just remember how much they love you, and perhaps discuss your options with them. If nothing else, you know you'll have exhausted options before you take radical steps. :o)

And if i were you, i wouldn't expect any privacy till you're at least 15... :o) If you're older than that, talk to them like the teenager / adult that you are. They might appreciate it.

ou thats so annoying! my mum is always going on about that or breakfast... and she always gets so annoyed when she finds i havent been eating them... shes like "you'll fade away!"... she must get it form my grandmother- whenever shes here to stay she looks at how much my sister and i eat adn shes like "you girls eat like birds!" ...so of course i eat even less... never comment on a teenage girls eating habits...

yes! and did you see the lightning!?

hahaha... if you say so!...
i dont agree... storms are cool.. as long as they dont turn in to disasters...

Jeez, guess ur too young to understand the implication of my post. It's lyrics from QUEEN's Bohemia rabsudy!!! (excuse the spelling)

i did recognise the lyrics thank you! we played that at a party and i think my olds have queen albums amougst their collection....

As it is thanksgiving here in America I am thankful for my parents even though they someimes drive me nuts!

Dam thats like the cheapest of cheap.

Yeah I just love it when they go out for a few hours. Free time for me!!

...the mice will play!

Oh yes.

given up on such a *bad boy*?

Speaking of privacy I will have it tonight once my mother goes away for the weekend.