Having hobbies that family can validate?
Maybe this is too personal (and possible irrelevant to this forum), but it’s been a hard time having hobbies that my parents disapprove of.
[my mom] recently has invalidated watching hockey and video games as legitimate hobbies. She would say stuff like “you’re an adult, no longer a teenager; those don’t count as hobbies, do something more productive.”
For context, I am a pharmacy assistant and have been on constant job searches to get more consistent hours. I’m in the process of writing my PEBC to hopefully get my license to become a pharmacist.
Yes I can play piano and drums, but I’ve honestly lost passion for those hobbies. And I even join Calgary’s gaming community as a result of my growing passion for video games. (Yes I still live with my parents but most likely because I’m not financially independent enough to live on my own)
It’s infuriating to have a mom that doesn’t approve of my hobbies no matter how much she says she “loves/cares about me”. She’s such a hypocrite because she’s constantly binging Netflix/amazon prime or Facebook shorts when she’s finished with her job.
PS more beef with my mom because she’s forcing me to go to line-dancing lessons with a friend I’ve been barely keeping in touch with, even though I despise country music.
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