If that's the case, it's sad to
say, but the ball is out of your
court and it's up to your mom to
understand that you need some space.

Posted by Vinh @ 06/27/2001 07:55 PM PST

My mom and I communicate a lot. I tell her about 90% of the things that are going on in my life. She knows everything about me. However, I think that there should be that 10% of my life that she doesn't need to know about. Why be a person if you can't have alone time? It's not worth it.

Posted by Kim @ 06/27/2001 06:54 PM PST

It depends on your relationship
with your mom and how much good
communication you guys have. A
lot of young people keep their
parents in the dark and as a
result, parents go through other
means to find out what's going on
in their child's life. There are
times when my mom has to plead
with my sister's friends to get
my sister to talk to her. That's
not a healthy relationship. My
roommate on the other hand is like
buddies with his parents. His
parents don't checkup on him and
let's him run loose. When my
roommmate is cussing at bad drivers
on the road, his mom will jump in
and cuss too! Now that's a healthy
relationship. =) Talk to you mom
about your concerns and maybe you
guys can improve things. You need
to respect her in order for her to
respect you. It may sound corny,
but communication really is
everything in any relationship of
any sort.

Posted by Vinh @ 06/27/2001 06:21 PM PST

Yeah, I know she'll be the one that's there in the end... But I wonder if it has to always be this way? Her trying to get too close and me pushing her away? Life's too confusing and complex for my itty bitty mind.

Posted by Kim @ 06/27/2001 12:17 PM PST

Don't be so angry. Everyone wants
their privacy respected. Asian
moms in particular are
overprotective of their daughters.
They tend to do things that drive
their daughters away.

In the entry that follows this
you ask who will be there in the
end. Your family... don't take
them for granted... one day
you'll leave them and live apart
from them and then you realize
how nice it must've been with
them around to care for you.

Posted by Vinh @ 06/26/2001 09:56 PM PST