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Monday, July 7, 2008

My Oppressive Step-Father

My Step-father. I love him to death. I've known him my whole life and he is no doubt like a second father to me. But, at times, he can be a bit over protective. Oppressive is how I like to think of it when I’m not very happy about it. He has all sorts of ridiculous "rules" about what I can and can't do. I'm never sure if he is actually serious about some of them or not. So when, not if, I break them I'm not sure how he will feel about that. I already have broken a few and I have no idea how to tell him, or if I ever will. I hate hiding things from my family but he makes it impossible not to if I want to have a normal life. Not that my life is anywhere near normal in the first place. What is a normal life anyway? Whatever, never mind, topic for another day. Hahaha.
So first, usage of technical equipment. I can barely ever use the computer and he hates it when I talk on the phone. The thing is, when I am IMing people he tells me to use the phone!!! It's very frustrating. He often doesn't let us use the game consoles he bought for us or watch TV at night like normal people. But whatever, I've learned to get around those things.
The thing that annoys me the most about his oppressive attitude is he view on my interaction with guys. His view is none at all. Like I can't even have friends that are guys. The thing is that he went to an all guys school so he didn't really have a large amount of interaction with women during his high school years. What I have heard about such interactions is not good stuff; pretty much he thinks all guys are like he was. And if that's how he thinks I can't blame him for trying to protect me in this way. But he isn't my Dad; therefore he doesn't really have control of me in that way. My Dad doesn’t even! It frustrates me because if I mention a guy’s name who may be a friend he instantly asks me who they are and stuff. I don't even know if he's serious about half of it though. It just leaves me pissed and confused about the whole matter.
But whatever, I'll learn to get better at hiding things form him. Hahaha. It's worked so far. So, do any of you have any sort of oppressive parent or something? Please share.
Much Love,
Abundant Felicity,
~ Jenna
P.S. To emphasize my point. Right when I finished this post I had to get off because my step-dad was kicking me off. Now that I have edited I can put it up. :)

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