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Men, specifically 20+, how do you deal with your parents still treating you like a kid? My bf gets treated like he's still 17 when he's 22, but his brothers are given 100% freedom (they live at home for financial reasons)
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Anonymous 4w

I had to call out my parents. It was a civil war! I was LITERALLY this close 🤏🏻 to throwing hands with my dad. It’s up to him to set the line.

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Anonymous 4w

He's given a curfew, gets told he sees me too much (we see each other maybe three times a week) and has to ask before he goes to do anything, while his brothers, only a few years older, basically don't have to do anything. He's tired of being treated like a kid but wants to respect them. Any advice on the situation that I can give him?

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Anonymous 4w

I can do whatever I want I just have nowhere to go so I just rot at home, my parents fully trust me

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Anonymous 4w

I just resisted them making choices for me for a bit. I also showed that I was responsible. If there was something I did that they didnt agree with, I would confront then about it and say that I am old enough to make my own choices and that it bothers me that they're trying to control me

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Anonymous 4w

No

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Anonymous 4w

He’s gotta be confident and talk to them about it lowkey, and/or start making more money

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

I still feel like 17 tho

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Anonymous replying to -> vangogh 4w

he does all the chores they ask him too, he works full time and takes care of the cars and stuff for the house. I feel like he's more than proven he's responsible and he's tried to tell them he's an adult and they just don't listen. he's fed up and idk how to help

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

It would help if YOU, the gf, try to build a relationship with his parents. That way, when he says he’s going to see you, the parents will think: ohh he’s going to see that good girl we like. That’s good. We trust THEM.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4w

the thing is they do like me, so idk where this "hanging out too much" is coming from. i'm caught completely off guard by it

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Anonymous replying to -> sea_taco 4w

I’m 20 and I solved this by showing them my checking account

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