If it makes you feel better, even most people without strict parents experienced this due to lockdown and the prevalence of phones in our youth. No one really had high school or college parties. The upside of this is that now people in their 20s party like they’re in their teens! You’ve still got loads of time — 25 yo, started going out at 23

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don’t worry i feel the same way. my mom was (still is) very strict while i was growing up, i could barely do anything. so now that i’m 21 in college i low-key feel like an imposter out in the world 🫩

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First Gen American with immigrant parents here! I feel you. If this is of any reassurance, your life has just started.

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Like when ppl were cultivating like core teen experiences (dating, experimenting with who they are, drugs, sex idk) I was locked up in my room studying all day bc my parents controlled my every move 😔

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Like I mourn the person I could’ve been if my parents actually nurtured and cared for me instead of subjecting me to emotional abusive, a dysfunctional home, and being overbearing/strict

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