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[b]I was only allowed to have a car my senior year of HS [/b]so they could control my whereabouts.  My mom referred to cars as “killing machines”.  I finally took my car to college my sophomore year so I could drive to work.  It took a lot to get my parents to allow this.  My parents then introduced “checks” on the car.  I wasn’t allowed to drive the car at night so they would take trips to my college town to make sure the car was indeed in the parking lot of my dorm at night.

[b]I wasn’t allowed to go to college out of state despite my parents having plenty of money.[/b] I wanted to apply anyway and get loans but didn’t have access to a checking account to pay for applications.  The college advisor at my school told my parents and I was then punished for pursuing anything out of state.

During college I wasn’t allowed to study abroad.  Parents refused to pay for it and because of their controlling ways, [b]I didn’t have the ability to take out loans[/b].  Instead I was told I’d spend summer abroad with my parents.  As a 20 year old I spent the summer touring Europe with my parents.

After college my parents used their financial means to try to control me.  [b]They paid for a condo in Manhattan[/b].  I eventually figured them out, moved out and went on my way.  
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The bolded comments are a great examples of entitlement. You want to complain about not getting your own car until senior year of HS, them not paying out of state tuition even though you determined THEY had the money AND they paid for a condo in NYC. Unbelievable. You could have bought your own car, found your own job, paid for your own college and adult apartment. You didnt so don't complain now it was controlling while you sat on your rump reaping the benefits of them "controlling you". [/quote]

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