You want to tell me my parents didn't ruin my life so far?

I'm not an angsty teenager. Let's keep in mind right now that I'm 18.





5 years ago I moved out of Chicago into some sh*tty unknown south suburb because my mom wanted to be closer to our church and to HER friends (Plus, she was tired of living in a condo and wanted a REAL house.). My mom always told me that moving wasn't easy because you could lose touch with your friends and the life you know and love...okay, so what the hell was that then?





Anyway, knowing the suburbs, people rarely take you in unless you're a guy or you're a girl that looks like she has something to offer to your social status. But that's not the point.





I had my first experience with rumors being spread about me during my sophomore year of high school. They said I was a bussa (slut, whore, etc.). Junior year it was that I'm pregnant. I just gained 30 pounds. I'm fat. How the HELL can you tell a fat person is pregnant? Seriously?





Well, since it's the suburbs, everyone found out (Even my CHURCH members) about it and now wherever I go either in this suburb or surrounding suburbs there are people that talk behind my back like they know me or something. I told my parents, and all they said is, "Deal with it."





My junior year went in the garbage. I was so stressed that I got anemic and very ill, so I spent most of my time out of school...and missing tests and homework. My GPA literally went from a 3.78 down to a 2.64 in one year. I failed 3 semesters of classes, so I had to make them up senior year.





Senior year I apply to colleges mostly out of state. Not only because I want to experience a new location and new people (After the **** I've been through, why not?), but because I needed to get away from my parents. The past 5 years of my life have been complete *** because of them. Well, they weren't having it.





They already told me where they WANTED me to go, but that public university didn't accept me because my GPA was too low (Even though my ACT Comp score is 26. It didn't help.). It didn't help that I had no work experience either. Somehow that matters. But I'll get into work later. I got accepted by 5 other colleges, all out of state. Most of these universities are private, too, so I know they give good financial aid. Nope, still not having it. Apparently my education has a price of $10,000 and below. Now I don't know where I'm going to college! So I decided to find a job.





This economy is crap, and I really needed a job, so I applied for one and I got one. It pays more than the usual, and it's pays weekly. Sure, I have to drive around a lot, but with the money I'm making, it pays for itself, right?





Well, my parents (especially my dad) don't like my job. They'd rather I flip burgers at McDonald's. It's already annoying them that I want to do Psychology instead of some long and boring medical job that I'm sure someone more generous and steady (VERY clumsy that I am) could do.





Well, in order to work I need my car. My dad basically got into an argument with me (I NEVER start the arguments with my dad) and told me that I had to pay the car insurance (Even though it's NOT in my name) and that I had to prove to him that my job pays. Well, okay, right?





Yesterday (Memo Day 09) I told my mom I was off to work then I headed off to work. No problems there, right? Wrong.





Apparently, telling one parent and not the other, even when he could HEAR what I said, was not good enough. So I'm driving and he's blasting my cell phone with calls. I answer the phone and he yells at me. So I go home after work for the first hour or so, and he TAKES MY CAR KEY. ALL BECAUSE I DIDN'T TELL HIM I WAS GOING TO WORK?





So what the hell am I going to do now? Apparently I have to pay the damn car insurance still. HOW? I DON'T HAVE A JOB! HE DOESN'T GIVE ME ALLOWANCE ANYMORE?





If I were anything like some other kids, I'd kill him...but that's an ending too good for him. I want him to rot.





So the low down:


How my mom ruined my life? She made me move for her benefits and didn't give a **** that people were defaming me before her eyes just because she expects me to be the same way that she is and "not care" about the thoughts of others. Oh, and pray to God. Yeah, my faith in God has deteriorated slowly because NOTHING. CHANGED. AND MY CHURCH MEMBERS ARE TALKING **** ABOUT ME!





How my dad ruined my life? He took my car keys and still expects me to pay for something I have no way of paying because I can't take my *** to work! Plus, he wants me to be like my brother and be unemployed and in college, assuming that someone is going to hire me just because I finished college (That's why he's a f*cking taxi driver.) and that just because I think outside of the box that I'm thinking like a baby.





I hate Nigerians.





Anyway, do you still think parents don't ruin lives? =\|||You got your whole life ahead of you. You're only 18. Not much to ruin there.|||Yes, parents do not ruin lives.





Please, go to a forum or some other outlet to complain.|||its partly ur fault as it is ur parents, they should understand with u more, mabye if the ppl who started calling u names..u should'v beaten them up. would'v made ur life better. but trust me there is a part in ur parents that love you but maybe sit with them and tell them what you think and how its litrearly ruining ur life and u'll turn out to be a ***** when u grow up if they don't help you.|||If your 18 and your parentsruin your life something needs to be done casue you are officially a grown-up on your own and you can do whatever you please.|||You are only one side of the story. But assuming you are right, And your parents have relatives on the Jerry Springer show. Join the Military. You are 18, and do not need their permission. You can travel, save money for education, Learn a trade, meet a lot of different people, and get away from your crazy parents.





But it might be a good idea even if your parents are not crazy. And I will add I thought my parents were crazy. Now I have a Tattoo MY HERO's Under neath MOM and DAD|||The only person who can ruin your life is YOU.





Read the book "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, (And it's ALL Small Stuff)" and your life will improve immediately. :)|||You honestly sound way too perfect in this story for me to believe that this is exactly how it happened, because the way u describe it ur parents dont love you.|||Fact is that your parents were hoping that the life in the suburbs would provide a better and happier life for all of you. She probably looked at things from her own perspective, just as you are now. You are not tied to the place they have chosen for the rest of your life. Get a GED and finish school if you hate it there so much and find your own way out of the neighborhood. You are old enough to enlist in one of the services or make your own destiny, now.