Originally Posted by bausch

I don't know. I just felt like usually you HAVE to listen to your parents only when you live with them under their roof. I have been living alone for like 10 years now. I'm an adult. When I was younger my mom also used to "force" me to go to family functions but now that I'm an adult I feel like "no one can tell me what to do". You know what I mean?

My dad doesn't try and tell me to at all though to be honest. I can do whatever I want. Only this family thing, I guess it's important to him I meet them. Do you think he's asking for a lot or not really?