Hello. Something my dad said to me last night really rubbed me the wrong way.
I was chatting with him about a job interview I was offered to do, and explained some of the job to him. After I told him that it was a 45 minute drive vs my current job that is only 20 minutes, he told me not to take the new job. So I told him that I’d have to think about it but in the end it’s my decision.
Well, I guess that was a bad choice of words. He then told me to never ever tell him that again, and that I don’t make my own decisions. Like I’m not allowed to make a decision for myself.
This was just odd to me, he’s always been strict and sort of controlling but what is this? Is this some sort of emotional manipulation? Should I even be upset that he told me this?
I pay for my own school through the military, which I joined without any permission. I still live at home, which he suggested I do when I first looked at colleges and I listened. I pay for my phone, my car, all of that stuff, I just don’t pay rent. I feel pretty independent minus living at home. I feel as if I am definitely in a position to make my own decisions.
TL;DR: told my dad I make my own decisions, he proceeded to tell me that I don’t make my own decisions
Submitted July 25, 2019 at 10:42AM by NotGey https://ift.tt/2OtA3LA
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