My freshman year, I had to BEG my mom to let me go to my best friend’s birthday party (at Chuck E. Cheese), whose mom she was good friends with. I was allowed to go for only two hours and wasn’t allowed to make any other stops on the way there or back.
Three years later, my brother who is now a freshman, just got a ride to our school’s football game without asking, then when the game ended at 9, he got a ride to Cane’s and was there for over TWO hours. I asked him when he’d be home and he said he doesn’t know bc they’re going to Applebee’s.
Meanwhile, I’m a senior in high school. I got to hang out with my boyfriend of seven months for the FIRST time on her day (parents are divorced) for no more than an hour, and had to tell her what we’d be doing and have his dad text her when I got there that he was home. That was last week. I’ve never done anything to betray her trust for that kind of a leash, as I’ve LITERALLY NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO GO OUT.


















