Rogue Wave

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Bags:
     

Originally posted by you be betty:
   overall, i try so hard in school to please my parents, and i'm not a bad kid.  what bothers me is the fact that i am doing, for them, what they want me to do; yet they won't just let me go to shows.  make sense?

I understand where you're coming from, but doing well in school is not reason enough for parents to let a 'good kid' do things which may be unsafe or not age appropriate. [/b]

Going to shows is neither unsafe nor age-inappropriate.  Unless you're hanging out at the Ibex Club.  Her parents should be thankful she wants to do something interesting with her teen years, rather than spend it in a drunken stupor passed out on various couches at suburban keggers.
 
 Seriously, people treat their kids like babies, overgrown babies is what they'll get.

[you be betty]

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
     

Originally posted by you be betty:
   overall, i try so hard in school to please my parents, and i'm not a bad kid.  what bothers me is the fact that i am doing, for them, what they want me to do; yet they won't just let me go to shows.  make sense?

I understand where you're coming from, but doing well in school is not reason enough for parents to let a 'good kid' do things which may be unsafe or not age appropriate. [/b]

Going to shows is neither unsafe nor age-inappropriate.  Unless you're hanging out at the Ibex Club.  Her parents should be thankful she wants to do something interesting with her teen years, rather than spend it in a drunken stupor passed out on various couches at suburban keggers.
 
 Seriously, people treat their kids like babies, overgrown babies is what they'll get. [/b]

THANK YOU!
 Um, I'd probably be better off hanging around a crackhouse in the area of the 9:30 club than going out with some of the typical kids at my school.  I don't even smoke at shows!!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Dear Betty,
 
    How much rent are you paying to live in that nice house in Bethesda? And how much do you contribute to the grocery bill? If the answer is none, then you are seemingly in a normal parent-child relationship. And in such a relationship, the parent is entitled to make decisions that they see are in your and their best interest and that bring them some peace of mind at 1:30 in the morning. And you, being thankful that they provide you with a nice roof over your head and nice food to eat, should be respectful of the decisions they make. Constantly calling them out for their decisions on internet chat boards is not a sign of respect. Rather than sounding grateful and gracious for all that they do for you, you end up sounding like a whiny JAP. Your insightful input regarding music and other topics is most welcome, but your continued whinyness about your parents has grown...tiresome.
 
    Furthermore, being able to go to shows at rock clubs when you're 15 is not an entitlement. The fact that you're able to do so makes you luckier than 98% of the 15 year olds of the world...most kids that age don't live anywhere near a rock club so it's not even an option. Among those who do, I would imagine a significant percent of them have curfews that would prevent such late night activity. So feel fortunate that your parents have provided you with a life that lets you go to rock clubs at all.
 
 Your pal,
 
 Rhett.

[muschi]

true. but she is 15, that's what 15 year olds do. if they were mature and acted respectful etc at that age then adolescence would be no more or more accurately perhaps such behavior would just be shifted to younger years, only a relative difference. the change in adolesecence is the learning to challenge test ones boundaries and new found abilities. it is only normal. somehwere a kid in afghanistan, let's call him Ali-baba, is bitching to his 'rents about the new rock he found on the roadside he's not allowed to play with b/c it's evil and a symbol of the infidel, and, if he's not careful could get him/her pregnant. it's the same everywhere i would say -- just different. luckily we here in the usa/west are materially fortunate enuf to remain children til death. ours is culture of whining babies [so u can hardly blame just her]... "wahhhh i want to buy an suv or 2 or 3 cuz i hav kids and they wont fit in a Taurus wagon bc they r too fat from sitting on their ass 24/7
    <img src="http://www.kjake.net/components/size.php?path=/digicam/fatKidMcDs2.jpg&width=400" alt=" - " />
 ...and not increase consumption and thereby increase gas prices. it's the president's fault, its the oil companies, it's those foriegners it's those tree-huggers stopping ANWR exploration...i dont hav enuf money now wahhh!!!!"
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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I guess this is why my wife will be happy to have a baby but not a teenager.  
 
 And a good parent won't cave in and let the children run the home.
 
 

Originally posted by ThatNewAsshole:
  true. but she is 15, that's what 15 year olds do. if they were mature and acted respectful etc at that age then adolescence would be no more or more accurately perhaps such behavior would just be shifted to younger years, only a relative difference. the change in adolesecence is the learning to chalenege test ones boundaries and new found skills etc. it is only normal. somehwere a kid in afghanistan, let's call him Ali-baba, is bitching to his 'rents about the new rock he found on the roadside he's not allowed to play with b/c it's evil and a symbol of the infidel, and, if he's not careful could get him/her pregnant.

[muschi]

[muschi]

red:
  I guess this is why my wife will be happy to have a baby but not a teenager.        

yeah, if she had a teenager she'd better hope she has a really big vagina!
   <img src="http://www.weirdspot.com/images/uploads/bigvagina.jpg" alt=" - " />

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
 
 
 Your pal,
 
 Rhett.

I'm certainly thankful my parents weren't like you!

[you be betty]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  Dear Betty,
 
    How much rent are you paying to live in that nice house in Bethesda? And how much do you contribute to the grocery bill? If the answer is none, then you are seemingly in a normal parent-child relationship. And in such a relationship, the parent is entitled to make decisions that they see are in your and their best interest and that bring them some peace of mind at 1:30 in the morning. And you, being thankful that they provide you with a nice roof over your head and nice food to eat, should be respectful of the decisions they make. Constantly calling them out for their decisions on internet chat boards is not a sign of respect. Rather than sounding grateful and gracious for all that they do for you, you end up sounding like a whiny JAP. Your insightful input regarding music and other topics is most welcome, but your continued whinyness about your parents has grown...tiresome.
 
    Furthermore, being able to go to shows at rock clubs when you're 15 is not an entitlement. The fact that you're able to do so makes you luckier than 98% of the 15 year olds of the world...most kids that age don't live anywhere near a rock club so it's not even an option. Among those who do, I would imagine a significant percent of them have curfews that would prevent such late night activity. So feel fortunate that your parents have provided you with a life that lets you go to rock clubs at all.
 
 Your pal,
 
 Rhett.

thanks, but you guys are obviously reading me wrong.  i'd rather quit here than attempt to explain the situation.  but i appreciate the input.

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
 you end up sounding like a whiny JAP.

What does this mean?  Does Betty know Yoko Ono?

[you be betty]

i do; i didn't find it very funny.  i would like to ask you all to please not lump me in with every other snobbish kid in bethesda.

[snailhook]

went to this show just to see mazarin and sounds of kaleidoscope, but was curious about rogue wave. i found them utterly, terribly boring. i guess they're just not "my thing."

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

As a former disaffected Bethesda youth, I say rock on, kiddo!

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
  As a former disaffected Bethesda youth, I say rock on, kiddo!

Gosh Dr.Mood, you're really down with all the latest dope lingo.