Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-35301431-20131023190900/@comment-32500188-20140221122052

@Umbreon: XD Too funny!

So, I think I now understand the concept of why people have to physically leave for years in certain places just to be considered an adult when they return... the more the older folks that watched you grow up see you on a regular basis, the more they keep bringing you back down to a child's level. Even with a friend of mine who has kids, a well-respected position at a job, and a good amount of standing within the community, they're still putting all of us on the same level because we're still "their little babies" that never truly left home (yeah, because going off to college doesn't count...). Yet, when people that are in the same age bracket but didn't grow up around our area come into the equation, they're valued as adults, no questions asked... sometimes, I loathe familiarity with other folks for that very reason, because it's a blessing and a curse all at once depending on who you're around. (>.>)

If it weren't for the fact that there have been a lot of hard feelings in the past over something that should have never happened like it did and we were supposed to have our voices heard over the issue (but were woefully ignored and disrespected in the process), I'd probably pass it off as sentiments, but it's hard to read these folks when it feels like they don't value your own decisions and opinions. Even my own parents treat me more like an adult than these people do, and they're just as frustrated when people talk through them just to ask me a favor... like they need their permission to use me for something. What the actual flippin' heck... (=A=)

Maybe I should relocate for a while, just to see what happens. But then again, my financial situation just won't allow it right now... :-/