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Fuck.
I got myself into a SHITTY situation. It was my fault but who cares?
My mom asked if I was interested in my high schools color guard, I didn’t really know what it was at the time so I asked her about it. She showed me a looooot of YouTube vids showing everyone waving the flags to music and marching around and stuff. Even though I said it looked fun, I didn’t want to do it at all. I told her that I’m not interested in doing any extracurriculars or anything, but they said you have to do SOMETHING, so I just went ahead with color guard. I had a little fun, but I hate it still. Due to the times we practice and the days we practice (super early to late afternoon or from late afternoon to super late at night), I barely get any sleep, and now I have to keep practicing and even though you can tell the coach that you want to quit, my mom won’t let me. So here I am, practicing at home for hours at a time, barely seeing my friends anymore, meeting almost every day, and doing something I don’t want to do. Im never doing this again after the season ends. Doing something I didn’t want to do ruined my summer, all because I did what my mom wanted instead of what I wanted. So, fuck.
*sigh* You'll be okay, buddy. You can be a little rebellious to your mom because obviously, it's your life and you can do whatever you want and this extracurricular activity thing doesn't even hold any huge, regretful consequences if you turned it down. Try to make your own decisions sometimes and be brave reply
I feel you my guy, I have a horrible time turning people down too, my mom especially, so I tend to go and do stuff I hate voluntarily if I think she wants me to. Today I went on a high ropes course and almost passed out I was so scared, I hated every second of it. So clearly I don't have a solution to give you, but if you ever want to talk about it...... reply
If your mom is dead set on making you do extracurricular, then you're gonna have to spot a low effort extra curricular and stick to it. Maybe try to negociate something like swimming lessons (which is usually one hour/week) instead of this ?
Of course, I don't agree with your mom forcing you to do stuff, but I think I do see her point for extracur...... reply