How do I tell my parents I don't want to get married?
Is it wrong that I don't want to get married. I really don't and I'm not sure how to tell my parents because they're always dropping hints about how they want me to get married and since I'm 19 now they want to send me back home to meet a guy. NO. Just thinking about marriage makes me sick. I'm so sick of family. I'm 19 years old and still live at home and then as soon as I move out I have to get married? Hell no. Families are great and all on holidays and certain occasions but not 24/7 365 days a year. No. I don't want that. I've spent 19 years of my life at home with my family, I don't want to spend the other half of my life having a new one. I hate families. I just want to be on my own. I want to work, travel, and just have fun. No I don't want to be a hooker, in fact I wouldn't mind if I stayed a virgin until I died. Sex isn't really a big deal for me anyway. Um so yeah, how do I tell my parents I don't want to be married or have children? I know they will be disappointed because I hear them talking about some of my cousins who are older and aren't married and they call them "weird". Sigh...why is marriage such a big deal. I mean I don't know how girls can do it. I have a friend who lived at home until she was 24 and she moved out because she got married. I can't do that. I want to have some freedom. Maybe I can get married later, but for now I have no plans on marriage at all. I just want to live...I don't want to live according to stupid traditions just to make my family happy. Sorry, my happiness is important too. Just the thought of telling them makes me want to puke....I feel sick ughhh I dunno My parents are traditionalists and marriage is apparently very important. It's all about showing off though just so they can say "Oh yeah my daughter just got married" and it's a big part of our religion as well
How do I tell my boyfriend that my parents don't like him?
Just tell him that your parents don't like him. It is only natural for him to be mature enough to understand that not everyone would like the guy their daughter is dating and that he needs to convince them too that he is good enough for you.Also, since your parents have never met the guy, why don't you invite him over for dinner so that they meet him and appreciate him for who he is rather than rely on a pre-conceived notion and judge him.On another note, if they still don't like him after meeting him. Do make a conscious decision on your relationship, often times parents are way more experienced in judging character, maybe they notice something in him which they think is detrimental for you.
How do I tell my parents I don't like what I'm studying in college?
You don't tell them you don't like what you're studying. You tell than that you've chosen a specialty, and that it will change your route a little.Even if you choose to study nutrition, you'll still end up with an advanced degree before you're done, and it will still take a long time by your standards. (It's really not that long, you'll see).It sounds like maybe you're a little burned out with school. That happens...I'm not sure where you're at, whether you've completed undergrad or not, but toward the end of undergrad is when burn-out is likely to occur.If that's where you're at, I recommend working hard, and getting yourself into your chosen grad program. Then you'll have a summer off before you continue into grad school.I experienced burn-out, and managed to make it so I graduated from undergrad a semester early, so I had over six months off before entering grad school. (I used my AP credits from high school).If you truly love what you're studying, grad school will be a breeze. You'll enjoy it immensely, and there's plenty of "applied" work in grad school...it's not just classes, so you will be getting more variety than undergrad.Be honest with yourself about what your issue is...why you want to change majors. Then reframe it when you present it to your parents so it will be a step-up, not a failure.Good luck!
How do I tell my parents I don't want to be a Jehovah's Witness anymore?
I'm a 16 year old male and have been a Jehovah's Witness all my life. The reason I don't want to be one anymore is because its too stressful on me and I am starting to disagree with some of the beliefs. I am tired of being the 'weirdo' at school who doesn't celebrate Christmas and my birthday. I feel really out of place when we say the pledge of allegiance because I just have to sit there while they do it and I get weird looks, I don't want people to think I am better than it. I have a group of friends who are also Jehovah's Witnesses and all we do during lunch and our free time at school is study and discuss the bible. There are lots of other reasons as to why I don't want to be a Witness anymore but I'd be here all day writing them. I have a big problem which is that my Dad is an Elder, I don't think he'd like the fact that I want to quit. It's not that I don't belive in God anymore because I've done some research and have decided I want to become a Christian. Can you please give me some advice on how I can tell my parents this news? I know that they won't like it but I can't keep living a lie anymore. I have never witnessed a disfellowship before so what would the Kingdom Hall do to me?
How can I tell my parents I don't believe in Islam?
Human life on Earth is about 200000 year old and out of these 200000 years 198000 years were without religion , god (Allah) , and Prophet...Since Muslims believe in Islam and discard other religions there is certainly no need to worry about how old other faiths are ...For 198000 years god was fine with humans eating Pork or with other so called unislamic practices but suddenly he realized something is wrong so he sent a prophet to tell everyone that they better behave or get ready for ready for hell fire.You feelings are quite genuine as an ex muslims i will only advice you to live freely and with a broad vision ...just because you dont wish to dress up or follow someone's definition of religion you aren't bad .Your parents can be either cool enough to respect your thoughts or either they will freak out ...I am a silent Agnotic and choose to live my life my way...i meet new people without checking their tags of religion... I learn about different faiths sometimes just to know what other religions advocate ..Inshort be silent and better create your own definition of life instead of precooked definitions which are force fed by typical Muslim world . Every muslims goes through this force feeding of religion so that we loose ability to question faith and later this force feeding becomes 'My choice' (Referring to Hijab or Burqa)....Be calm and follow your 'own' path till you are big enough to take decisions
How do I tell my parents I don't want to be Mormon (LDS) anymore?
I'm 16 years old and my parents are very active in the Mormon faith. Recently I learned an inordinate amount of disturbing facts about my religion's history that are too extensive to discuss here, but because of the information I have learned (all verified fact mind you, I don't want any Mormons trolling, this is serious), I can no longer believe in the church. My parents know that I am an atheist. They know that I don't believe in god, let alone their church; however, they have recently decided to force me to continue to go to church AND early morning seminary, after telling me a month ago I should no longer go. For those who don't know, seminary is basically an hour long Sunday school, every day of the week, at 6AM at the chapel. Practically all LDS high school students participate in it. Many say they 'feel the spirit' when they're there, which is fine for them, but I don't. Seminary has never been a good experience for me, even when I believed in the church; the teachers would tell us stories from the scriptures that would aggravate and disturb me, and it's practically not allowed to ask questions about it. I never had satisfactory answers from them for those questions. Anyway how do I get out of going through that again? It's very hard for me to talk about anything with my parents because my mom just cries about my 'apostasy' and maybe even thinks she was a bad parent (which is not true, she raised a kid with good critical thinking skills, that's how I see it) and my dad just does whatever my mom wants or yells. Good honest advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
How do I tell my parents that I don’t believe in Santa Claus when they strongly believe that I do?
The fact that you were able to form a coherent sentence and the fact that you are a member of Quora, a website that is mainly reading and writing, you are probably not a five year old.Good, and the fact that I am writing this on Quora, a mainly reading and writing website, I feel safe revealing the secrets everyone listen upSanta Claus is not real.The fact that your parents think you believe in santa still however, that is their Santa Claus.They love hearing the sleigh bells of your happiness.You shouldn’t tell a five year old that santa isn’t real because it doesn’t help anyone, the parents have lost their santa and so has the child.Usually the child and the parents lose their santa at the same time, the child finds out and the parents find out that the child found out.You parents are just late bloomers in finding out about Santa. I say just don’t tell them, why ruin their fun, they’re just holding onto a piece of their baby. Much like a child finding out about santa, they’ll work it out eventually. When they ask, you don’t have to lie because when a kid asks if santa is real, they already know, they just want to be reassured, just tell them the truth when they’re ready.