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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the OP. My friend isn’t irresponsible and can go to sleep at a regular time, but they still enforce bedtimes. Don’t you think being an adult means parents don’t need to enforce bedtimes anymore, and kids can deal with the consequences, whether their in HS or not? And I don’t think this is comparable to being a stay at parent. Can the working spouse enforce childlike rules (they also will not let her stay alone for a week while they go away) on the stay at home parent, just because they’re not earning any money?[/quote]

Your friend is an adult so she is choosing to live with her family under these rules.  She is free to leave if she doesn't like the rules.  But she doesn't get to a vote on the house rules because she is not in charge of the house.[/quote]
Okay, what’s the justification behind enforcing childlike rules on an 18 year old? If she was 45, and lived there, would it still be okay for them to make her have a bedtime?[/quote]

Everybody is telling you that she can MOVE OUT. Otherwise parents set the rules, one for not disturbing the house when the parents themselves sleep. They will also not let her stay alone because she's on their insurance. You obviously have no understanding how much anything costs nor the responsibilities. Like if your friend sets the house on fire while alone, then what? If a 45 yo lives with parents and doesn't contribute, yes, the parents get to set the rules. Now stop asking the same thing over and over. [/quote]
She can move out and she will move out. But the problem is that even if she did, they’d still see and treat her like a child at 18. Parents can set rules, yet that still doesn’t mean an 18 year old needs a bedtime. A curfew is fine. Why do you think it’s okay to treat an 18 year old like a baby? What makes it okay to distrust her at 18, while home alone and assume she’ll start a fire, but not if she was 45?[/quote]

You sweet summer child. The whole point of moving out is the ability to do what you want. That's why the young move out. If you live under someone else's roof, you cannot do what you want. The parents have their set habits. They have to wake up early to go to work. So they probably go to bed at around 10. Now if this 18 yo wants to stay up until 2 am and take a shower or listen to her music, guess what? She'll wake up her parents. Not wanting to leave someone home alone has to do with your friend being immature. She doesn't know how to handle things. Which is why she complains over and over. If you don't understand the difference between an 18 yo and 45 yo then I suppose you don't either between 5 and 15? Her parents are treating her like a baby because she seems to behaves like one. Or maybe it's you.

In reality, even when you're 50 and go visit your 80 yo parents (with whom you don't live) and stay with them, you'll be doing what they will tell you. Because it's their house and you're a visitor. [/quote]

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