My parents make me COOK meat?
If they are really that ignorant you should talk with them, for not being supportive and being damn right silly and stupid. You have every right to be a vegetarian and they should adapt to that, they are your parents so surely they should know how to cook for themselves, and if they don't they have to manage. They are completely wrong, you should tell them, on the 'anorexic and ugly' statements, and if they treat you like that, I really advise you having a good old chat with them, discussing how they clearly cannot handle your life choices properly. When you cook, refuse to cook meat, as it is not essential to staying alive - they shouldn't complain, and if they desperately need it in their diet, they can cook it themselves. And tell them to cut the crap, they're your parents.
What made you interested to learn to cook? Did your parent teach you or did you have natural talent or teach yourself?
I came from a slightly more “traditional” and androcentric culture. It is getting a lot better now but back when my parents were raising me and my brother, most people would think that cooking was exclusively for women. I distinctly remembered that every time we went to a relative’s house for lunch or dinner the kitchen was the one place that we were kept away from (“because the kitchen is no place for a man”).Thankfully, both my parents are very open-minded, probably due to their education from Western countries (both my parents earned Bachelor’s degrees from USSR and my mother has a MBA from Georgetown University). My parents, especially my mother, insisted that my brother and I know how to do housework.To be fair, we never had to prepare a whole meal for the family but my brother and I were allowed/encouraged (sometimes forced) to help with cooking in the kitchen. That may include simple tasks such as slicing carrots, rinsing and washing lettuce but also occasionally single-handedly preparing a dish from scratch.Fun fact: I was the French fries expert in the house when I was a kid. I loved eating it so much my mother let me be responsible for preparing the dish.In high school, I have one more incentive to cook: impressing fellow female classmates. It didn’t take me long to realize that I knew more about cooking than the rest of the boys in class. Therefore, while other boys sang and played guitar I cooked. Not as impressive but it is something. My mother sometimes helped me cook but mostly I tried to do it by myself. You wouldn’t know how much favor you could gain just by making someone a cake. It certainly works with my current girlfriend.Now that I live alone, cooking becomes a necessity (due to budget and diet) but also a joy. I learn by doing and it has been fun so far.TLDR: My mother taught me and I also taught myself.
Parents won't let me eat what I want?
I don't blame you for wanting to eat healthy and applaud you for trying to stick to it despite your families eating habbits. With eating disorders being common among females and your body weight being low they are just concerned. To lighten their fears you could try to ask your mom or dad if they would take a nutrition workshop, go to the gym with you or look on the web to plan out meals. If you offered to cook some nights, maybe you could encourage your family to eat healthier or try new foods. Try the following sites: cookinglight.com (recipes) www.mypyramid.gov (education on food intake and exercise)
My parents won t let me go to a concert even though I m 18?
There s a concert I really want to go to, but they won t let me. I told them to give me one good reason why I can t go so I can think of a response, but they said, "Because I said so." They don t even have to buy the tickets, I ll buy them myself. I don t want my mom to come with me, but I m willing to compromise. I said, "Can I go if you come with me?" she said no. It s at 7 pm, and I said I can drive myself, but he said no. My parents are extremely strict. I m not allowed to get a job even though I desperately want one. I actually started crying in my room because I wanted a job so bad. They never let me go anywhere. They won t even let me go to college. I have to take online classes. I really want to go, but I don t know what to do. I can t just leave. I live in my parent s house so I can only go if they let me. I think it s unfair because while my parents work all day long, I clean the house, prepare the meal, and take care of my siblings. I don t know what to do.
My mom requires me to pay back for taking care of me for my entire life. Should I pay everything back to her?
Not only no, but hell no. She should be ashamed of even asking you.It was her choice to have a child. If she didn’t want a child, she had a choice to protect herself from getting pregnant.She has no right to ask for any type of reimbursement, for her having a child, especially from the child she raised.Shame on her, for her audacity, to even ask this of a child.How about asking her for your inheritance. That should slap her in the face. This is outrageous behavior, for a grown woman. Takes a lot of balls to ask you for money, to raid you. Tell her to get it from your dad. I bet he isn’t even in this equation. I’m I right? I know. Forget it. And that’s what you need to do. Move on. You don’t need this woman in your life. She’s cruel and evil.Good luck. I hope things will work out for you. I’m very supportive of you, for having the courage to ask for our opinions, in this regard.I love my kids. I would never ask them, such a thing. It seems so outrageous, to me, in light of the fact I lost a child in a drowning accident, 36 years ago, the 27th of November. My mother-in-law blamed me, because I was on a trip. I was a flight attendant. I could not be working and home, at the same time. But it was my fault. This sounds like your mother.Id tell her to go to hell, before I’d give her a dime.The best of everything.Chris
PARENTS:: Would you lie to have your child "qualify" for free/reduced lunch @ school??
No, I wouldn't. If I can provide a lunch for my child, I will. That money is set aside for those people that CANNOT provide for their child. If we start using it, then there is less money for those that need it most, and then children starve. I can't believe you'd think it's ok to take from someone who has less than you.