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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You still don't want to have a relationship with your parents?  Did they abuse you?  Hit you?  Deny you food?  Deny you love?  No, they invaded your privacy because they CARED about you.

Parents aren't perfect.  Your mom must have been very worried about you.  If they didn't love you they wouldn't have cared WHAT you did.

And what did you do?  You manipulated them into paying for your college and then dumped them.  Wow.

Give her a break.  Give her a call.  Go see her.  Forgive them. [/quote]

PP didn't even mention a room search, although perhaps that happened. All she says is that she wasn't "towing the line" before the last two years of high school. Then she realized she had to "tow the line" the last two years of high school if she wanted to get her parents to give her many thousands of dollars.

Not sure what "tow the line" means but presumably it means no drugs, alcohol, and basic family rules like doing chores and being respectful. Only if there was something else going on (like you said, beatings, extreme coldness) would I have any sympathy at all for that PP.[/quote]

To answer the question - "towing the line" meant doing what she wanted, when she wanted, in the manner she wanted.  She felt she knew best on topics such as what I should study, what I should do with my time outside of class and who I should have as friends. No discussion. No choice. The there were room searches (looking for contraband that didn't exist) and monitoring of telephone calls. She wanted total control, I wanted freedom.  The result was that it ruined whatever relationship we once had.

PPs seem to be thinking that she was doing what she felt was best for me, as the recipient, I can tell you that I lived my teenage years with a bully that would not relent and I could not escape.

Just because someone can give birth doesn't mean she can't also be a bully.

The original poster stated she wanted to conduct a room search not because she believed her son's health is at risk but to assert her authority.

I thought I would share my story because there are some lines that cannot be uncrossed and there are some actions that cannot be undone.

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