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A 'script' I had to write for creative writing
Daughter: (talking on the phone, to her friend) This is ridiculous. I hate it when they do this.
Friend: (Over the phone) What are your parents doing this time?
Daughter: (Sighing in exasperation and frustration), Oh, you know, the same thing they always do. Insulting and complaining about me while I’m still in earshot. Questioning my ability to do, oh, you know, pretty much anything more complex than tying my shoes.
Friend: That sucks. Why don’t you just call them on it?
Daughter: (Laughing incredulously) Me, call my parents on doing something that could be considered emotionally abusive? God forbid THAT actually happens.
Friend: Oh yeah, I forgot that they dislike it when you talk about how they make you feel.
Daughter: (Shaking her head in sadness) They act as if I shouldn’t have any feelings. I hate it. They’re so inconsistent—I always feel like I’m walking on pins and needles when I’m around them. I never know how to act. One minute they’ll try to be my best friend, the next they’ll be screaming at me for something I can’t help. (Sighing, obviously in great distress) I hate this. I hate living here. People try to pass this off as an average teen hating her parents for no reason. It’s not like that. I see my friends who are happy with their parents, and I get so jealous I want to cry.
Friend: (Frowning, sad that’s he can’t help her friend who is obviously in great distress) Maybe you should just tell them that they’re being ridiculous?
Daughter: (Shrugging, as if having given up already) It doesn’t even matter anymore. Nothing I do please them. They make me feel like I can’t do anything right. I just want to tell them to shut the h*** up. But then, because I got tired of bottling my emotions, I get grounded. The problem with my parents is, they don’t get why their actions and words hurt my feelings so much. They don’t get how much weight their words and actions really carry.
Friend: (Biting her lip, trying to think of advice to give her) Seriously. Stop enabling them. You’ve obviously lived with their garbage for so long that they take for granted the fact that they can get away with treating you like this. Just act as if you aren’t going to take it anymore. (Nodding) They’ll get the message.
Daughter: I guess. That might work. But I have to go. I’m getting yelled at for no apparent reason. But you’re right—I have taken way too much of their garbage. I really should call then on it. Bye. (Hangs up)
Friend: Bye. I’ll see you later, okay? (Hangs up)
((The sad thing is the fact that my parents act the same way as "Daughter's" parents.  ))
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Are you like a crazy person?
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I'm quite sure they will say so.
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9/29/2007, 8:27 pm
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