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Rebellion..
Share an instance in which you defied your parent(s) rule.
Was it worth it?

AmiSue 8 Aug 30
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not me...an angelic child.

@AmiSue very well behaved...a real sweetie. ?

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Oh dear. I defied my mother at every opportunity and still do. I'm not sure if that is a reflection on me or my mother 😕

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I answered the phone at 4 am. It was Mom, really drunk. Calling to say she was out. No kidding. Tried to get back to sleep after hanging up on her, but all that 13-yr-old rage was boiling over. WTF? My own mother didn’t follow any rules. So I ran away. In the rain. Showed up on my boyfriend’s doorstep at dawn. A drowned and saddened mess. Great time to meet his family. They let me stay until after dinner. It was totally worth it. Learned how to make chili rellenos, and that touching the insides of hot peppers can be hazardous.

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Haven't spoke to my father in 2 years over his support for Trump. He got pushy when I told him what a piece of $h!7 I thought trump was, and got in my face like he wanted to hit me.

A lot has happened in my life since, and I've left him completely out of it.

Totally worth it.

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My mom is more rebellious than I am.
Sure I’ve broken rules, but she wouldn't scold me for it. Instead, she would ask me what I learned whenever I messed up.
I’m glad for that.

I once responded, “I learned not to get caught next time,” and we both laughed.

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I did it daily. It was always worth it.

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I offered to fight my father, he declined and muttered it was his house his rules n i could leave anytime. I stayed til i found somewhere, which was awkward considering we shared the same bedroom (mother died, girls had the other rooms). Was that defiance? I guess it was. Before i left he muttered something about not having to go, but it was time. ?

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When I was 17 I worked the Enumclaw fair and I had such a good time that when it left I did too my whole family threw a fit and said I couldn't go and guess what I had an amazing summer traveling all over Washington and Oregon almost got killed a couple times but even after buying lots of weed I came out alive with 300 bucks so I could buy my very first car a Pontiac Bonneville

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I never really defied my parents, but I did defy my managers and supervisors at a company I used to work for. It was in health care and I had been trained how to do rebills of claims. This place was so backed up we would get repeat calls month after month. I continued to do the rebills after I was told not to do it anymore. The patients had a valid problem and were covered for the dates of service, so I helped them out the best I could. It was totally worth it. I knew I was doing what was right.

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I never really defied my parents when I was a child. I just went my own, very different way as an adult.

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I ran away from home and went missing a week when I was 13. It was not worth it - I had no idea how much worry I caused everyone because I was in a "nobody cares about me anyway" frame of mind.

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I don't know if what I did would be considered defying my parents, since, really, I obeyed them in this instance, but here goes, to make a short story long: When I was twelve years old, I started smoking cigarettes. My father was a merchant seaman and would be at sea for months on end. When he came home from one of his trips, he found out I was smoking and gave me an ultimatum. He told me if I didn't quit smoking, he would break my legs and that if I didn't like the way he ran things, I could leave. So, I left. I ran away from home at twelve.

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According to my mother I refused to be born at the appointed time. Rebel from the get go.

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When I was a kid, I would go to friend's houses on Sunday, and not tell my parents where I was going, to avoid going to church. Yes, it was wroth it.

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Oh far too many! Once I was grounded for not coming home on time from the local Park and Rec because a game went long and my mother took my shoes and said I couldn't leave the house for the summer. I think I 12, so I took a pair of my brother's shoes and ran away for the rest of the summer without reaching out and letting her know where I was. Seems extreme but, like all things, there were varying externalities that played a part.

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Never did.. times where different. Respect meant something back then.

Don't know that this is a "time" thing. We are the same generation. I also think kids have been disobeying/challenging parental rules since the beginning of time. Consequences are the only things that may have changed slightly over the years. We were not free from physical punishment at times and that is definitely something that has changed.

I respected my parents rules for me and mostly understood the consequences for disobeying. I did it anyway because I disagreed with their assessment of what was fair and not fair or logical or not.
We had many discussions about my many instances of rule breaking. I was the oldest and I think things got a whole lot easier for them and also my siblings after I left for university. They were learning to be parents to teens/adults and I was learning accountability for my actions/choices.

I still break rules that I feel are dated or illogical or just plain dumb. I choose to do what I want to do and usually have a decent enough grasp on the consequences and impact on/to those around me

@maxhyde it is a time thing for me, likely chances are I am older than you. How did you handle all that, heck if I know ?

@IamNobody we are close enough but you are older if your age here is accurate. I guess I felt our parents maybe had similar ideas being we are a similar generation. Mine were stricter than many of my friends but their parents were younger mostly.
I just accept my decisions all had consequences...my parents were very good teachers and parents. I tried not getting caught for the most part but they were smarter than I gave them credit for most of the time. I also didn't go too far out of my way to shroud my disobedience...i wanted them to know I felt it was unfair and why. I accepted all my punishments with few complaints beyond my original defense. I think I was trying to pave the way for my siblings but they were all better behaved than I was...maybe because I left after high school and never really looked back.
Anyway rebel kids have always been imo...but your perspective is different and I can respect that.

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Every other weekend I was grounded because I broke curfew the weekend before. Totally worth it or I wouldn't have kept doing it

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Joined the Marines and it was well worth it.I never returned home after that. I had a great dad and a mother from H***

@AmiSue Isn't it ashame we would take that drastic measure to avoid a parent.

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My parents didn’t have formal rules. They assumed that we would behave in a reasonable, socially acceptable way, and we did.

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Mostly be home by time, my dad kicked me out of the house the day of my high school graduation.
Still had four months to go to turn 18.
How would one know if it was worth it since it didn't unfold that way.

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An instance? Oh man there were so many. I wasn't allowed to "date" until I was 16. Fooled her, I had been dating for two years and got pregnant for my 16th birthday. Even though, I basically went from the frying pan to the fire, it was still worth it to be out of her house.

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Moved out of my parents house...

Granted they didn't really tell me not to so I don't know if it counts.

@AmiSue I was 15 at the time...And like I said they never told I could or couldn't

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