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Originally Posted by Dion
Stop trying to live up to your parents ideals and do what pleases you. Set your own standards of what you want out of life and live them. Parents can only control you if you let them.
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I think we've talked about this, its a lot easier to say that than to do that.
Reply to the RTT, I think my dad wanted me to do medicine after engg because it was sort of his dream he never did (he wanted to do medicine and/or engg, so why not get his son to do both?). And thats not the worst part either, they want me to go to particular schools to, and the school part isn't just pressure from my parents, its like a hundred uncles, aunts and grandparents.
My sister was a little better than I was as far as choosing her own way (i.e. I do whatever the hell I wanna do) but for a guy, there might be more expectations on a son than a daughter for this.
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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
Moving away from home has been the best decision of my life. Of course I still love my parents but for any extended stretch of time they drive me nuts.
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Very true, I moved out when I was 18, and for me, I like my parents in limited quantities. When I'm home more than 3 weeks, I would go crazy. Also, its a lot easier for me to go home than for my parents to visit me. All the nitpicking, why can't you be more like so and so and all the negativity just makes you feel like crap.