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Your 21 years old... you have gone past expecting to be givven a car by your parents, and to be told when to go home. I baught my first car when I was 18 with my own money...sure it wasn't the coolest of cars(volvo 740) but it did the job...
And yes your parents seem to be treating you and your brother differently... I was treated very bad by my mother so I brokeoff all contact. best thing I ever did.
When you are only depending on your self nobody else can let you down!
I have some rules in my life to keep myself out of trouble:
1. Never depend on anyone else
2. No really, DON'T!
I had a similar experience with a friend's seven-year-old when they spent the night at my house. I had received a brand new Ipad as a gift and showed it to my friend. Later on I see that the little girl was walking around with it in her hands, and I took it away from her and put it away on my desk. I was expecting my friend to tell her something about taking it without permission. Nothing. About a half hour later, here she comes, again, with it in her hands. I took it away, again, and this time put it away in a locked closet and I told her at the same time, "you DO NOT touch things that DO NOT belong to you!" And I turned around to close the door of the room and the BRAT hits me in the back! Again mom does NOTHING!!!!
Yes, I know that I need to limit my time around the child, and yes I know also that I should NEVER EVER have them over again, and I also know she's NOT my kid, so I have NO business scolding her, etc., etc., etc., but, I'm sorry, there's NO excuse for hitting an ADULT!!!! I know that for a fact, that, if I would've pulled this as a child, my dad would've smacked me on the butt AND would've, at the very least, go and apologize to the person I hit. There was never an excuse for disrespecting an adult EVER.
Really if something is truly wrong, you should tell Child Services or the Police and let them decide what to do. You should never take matters into your own hands unless its a life saving move.
this is one of my favorite posts in this thread. Its completely ridiculous. call the cops or child services before saying somehting to the parents thats a good way to keep friends around.
also the comments about butting out and none of your business. That is typical of people who don't really care and brush it off as "their not my kids im staying out of it". Contrary to that belief, if you see a friends kids do things that the parents may not see you most certainly do need to let them know. If you are a good friend you WILL ask the parents who did not do anything WHY they didn't. If they are people who accept accountability then they will digress and take what you say and learn from it. If they get angry and tell you some BS about how don't tell them how to raise their kids well then, you pretty much don't have to go over again but at least you let them know how you feel. Communication is everything.
this world is so messed up because of people who just turn the other cheek to things. there is no change or learning that comes from that.
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