Journal #8

One time my friends and I planned to hang out on a Saturday night to watch a scary movie.  That night though my parents planned to have a get together with some friends.  Our families all have kids and we usually get a long pretty well.  I was going to leave to go my friends house after dinner but dinner went late and the clock read 8:20 P.M.  I asked my mom if I could go to my friends house, who unfortunately lives twenty-five minutes away.  Of course she said NO.  At this point my mom was being irrational and I decided to argue with her.  When a parent answers no, the child's first response is to ask "why?" It was a bad idea on my part because I later got in trouble for back talking.  My mom's response was that it was too late and by the time I got to her house, it would be time to come home.  Whenever I want to drive somewhere, you have to throw in the possible factor of getting in a car accident.  This of course also affected her decision.  She did not want me driving at night to a place that is semi faraway.  She does not realize that if I left at that moment, I would have an hour to hang out with my friends before I should actually leave.  My mommy still said no even after I told her that.  She is one of the people who does not like to change her answer once she has stated it.  This made me mad and ended up making me emotional because I wanted to see my friends.  It had been a WHOLE day without seeing them and who knows what would happen if I did not see them.  Parents seem to be irrational in a lot of situations but I guess they do that for a reason.  They seem irrational to us but to them they are being rational.  They keep us from going to places to keep us safe because they love us.