I want your opinions, please :)

[joycenalex]

--my mom says that she just doesn't want me to make any mistakes or regret doing things, but to me I think a person needs to make mistakes because that way they can learn from them....I know my mom just wants what's best for me, she has good intentions, she's like my best friend...I'm not saying I want to leave and never come back I just need her to understand I'm growing up and I'm not a little 12 y/o anymore. I just don't know how to explain that to her..

you are gonna make mistakes. you will bounce checks, spend too much, stay up waaaayyyyy too late, wear cute shoes that pinch alot, miss college classes, you will fall in love/lust/like with the wrong people, drink bad coffee and eat runny eggs. you will also learn to keep enough money in the bank, take naps, wear cute non pinching shoes, go to class , stay away from the wrong people, wash the coffee pot and cook eggs properly to your taste. you will regret things, some will be major regrets, some will be minor regrets. it's life, you will make mistakes. she also taught you good ethics, values and ways to learn. printing these posts out might be a way to start the conversation with her, that it's time for you to start making your own way and mistakes. kindest regards to her and to you, joyce

[Genny]

You are all right and all make perfect sense and I appreciate all of you taking the time to write me about this--I kinda had a small talk w/ my mother tonight about everything--I didn't talk to her about the certain 'guy' that I like; I just talked to her and told her how I felt a little and she told me that she understood that I needed to get out and do my own things and get my own life--and that she would help me all she could if I ever needed her for anything, and you all know I'm gonna need my mom all through out my life, cause don't we all? so I hope she might finally see everything the way I am seeing things-- I know she's still gonna be 'overly protective' because that's just my 'mom.' but like she said earlier that she use to do about my older brother--everytime he would leave to go somewhere like work or out w/ friends etc that all she could do was say a prayer that he'll come home safe and that's what I want her to do for me.....so thanks for listening to me guys and still feel free to tell me anything you think I might should know....talk to ya'll later!