Hassle form parents for playing computer games?
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Soldato
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I've been out of home since 18 (now 28)
No where nearer owning my own home.
But once out the door you can never go back, mainly because you wouldn't want to give up your true independence.
It's ninja though, everything is so expensive, I am trying to save myself, it's hard.
No where nearer owning my own home.
But once out the door you can never go back, mainly because you wouldn't want to give up your true independence.
It's ninja though, everything is so expensive, I am trying to save myself, it's hard.
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I struggle to believe you work that hard in your day job. If you're so exhausted, maybe you need to eat better and get fit? Once you start to have more energy, you'll have the motivation to actually get out of this comical situation.
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Move out,
I got sick of my parents both talking ****, considering they themselves are both dysfunctional.
So I left and don't have much contact, oddly enough I feel really good about it.
I got sick of my parents both talking ****, considering they themselves are both dysfunctional.
So I left and don't have much contact, oddly enough I feel really good about it.
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Just rent somewhere. You parents will have grown up imagining their retirement together not with grown up kids at home. Even if you don't need 'me' time, maybe they do. It is a shame house prices are so expensive but once you move out you learn to manage and waste less money trying to cheer yourself up.
How can you properly conduct any relationships in that scenario? Are you always round your GF's or what? If you have a lady in your life you should try and move in with her or sort something together. I'm telling you that once you get your own place and all of the freedoms associated with it, you'll be kicking yourself for leaving it as late as you have.
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I think this is part of the problem with some parents. I never had it so bad but some off the cuff remarks when I was younger about how much time I would spend at a PC/console playing games yet the generation before me are happy to spend it sat on their backsides watching tv. Goes for a lot of people today still. Some don't really see it as being constructive or social and yet TV is some how superior? Gaming you can at least socialise in some form and it gets you thinking instead of brain washing drivel that now assaults the airwaves.
Also OPs parents open his mail! 
Which if I am correct is against the law once you over 18.
That's wrong, I didn't get on with my mother on many levels, but she respected my privacy and never ever opened my mail.
Hes not gong to change, old school set in his ways etc. Best you can do is
grin and bare it and bail ASAP.
Which if I am correct is against the law once you over 18.That's wrong, I didn't get on with my mother on many levels, but she respected my privacy and never ever opened my mail.
Hes not gong to change, old school set in his ways etc. Best you can do is
grin and bare it and bail ASAP.
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What does that mean
Difficult
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I don't agree with the marriage by 25 bit, but I agree about flying the nest by then. I finished uni at 23, then left home properly at 24. Was in a rented house-share for 3.5 years then got myself a bachelor pad with mortgage at age 27. Did this all on £13-£14k jobs, and I still only earn £13.3k now.
Yeah I was still at uni at 21, coming back home during holidays. Parents were fine with me gaming late at night like yours as I just used headphones.
Absolutely this, to compliment several other posters that rent isn't entirely wasted money. Bedsit was my way of life for 3.5x years before I saved enough for a deposit.
I've not played WoW for a while now, but I think it's level 100 now
Also OPs parents open his mail!
That's wrong, I didn't get on with my mother on many levels, but she respected my privacy and never ever opened my mail.
Hes not gong to change, old school set in his ways etc. Best you can do is
grin and bare it and bail ASAP.
Meh, it's a crime that is barely ever punished for, mainly because the law outlines that to be punished for doing so it must be proven that they carried out the act willingly to cause detriment to the addressee. That's hardly going to happen when mummy and daddy are doing the opening.
^^^^^^This!
Not the point!
He is a grown man and he should be respected as a person. He is not a child, nor is he a benefit lay about.
When your child grows up you treat them with respect as an adult, not contempt as if they are still are a child.
^^^^^^This!
Not the point!
He is a grown man and he should be respected as a person. He is not a child, nor is he a benefit lay about.
When your child grows up you treat them with respect as an adult, not contempt as if they are still are a child.
I was pointing out that your remark about the action being illegal was somewhat melodramatic.
We are all masters of our own destiny I believe. This means if other people view you as an adolescent, then it is most likely your own doing.