Let go of the ones you love

             "Mom, can I go out and play?"
             "Yea, sure honey, but be back by six."
             "Could I stay out till eight o'clock pleeaaasseee?"
             "No, it's either till six or not at all, got it?"
             This is what my life was like when I was between the ages of four and ten, but not much has changed since then. Though I don't have to ask my mother each time I step out of the house, but more or less, I am still treated similar to the way I was treated when I was young. I am rarely allowed to visit any friend's house outside my compound and as for a slumber party, forget it buddy. I know that my parents love me plenty and that is the reason why they still have so many restrictions on me. They love me and want be to be safe to an extent that they don't even realize that they are being extremely over protective about me.
             Just like every mundane summer, we went to visit Pakistan this summer too. Every time I come back from vacationing, my friends tell the adventures they had during their vacation when they went out with their friends and cousins. But when it's my turn to unravel my tales, they turn out to be extremely uninteresting and tedious compared to theirs. The thrill of being a young adult and having the freedom of going out alone is incomparable to going out with your parents! Lagging behind your parents, going to all the dull places they visit (such as their long lost friends and family), waiting on your mother while she argues on forever for a bargain on the shopping items, and being able to look and act excited and eager like a puppet every time they look at you, is just a killer! I would rather stay at home locked in a room than to have to go out with my parents wherever and whenever I feel like having a look in the outside world.
             Another example is that as a teenager, it very natural to trust the choice of you friends rather than your mother's. When my frie
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