What do/did your parents force you into?

Empired · 06-10-2014, 03:47 PM

Basically thought of this because my mum has forced me to carry on taking spanish for A-Level and I'm hating it. I have to spend two and a half hours every Monday night embarrassing myself as I wasn't up to the standard of everyone else in the class when I started so I've slowly been getting further and further behind. And apparently my mum says we can "review the situation at Christmas" which basically means I'm stuck with it until summer

! (If you have any advice on how to handle this I'd rly appreciate it x)

So what have your parents forced you into over the years? Food, classes, learning an instrument?

My mum is extremely pushy whilst my dad was laid back. Still, over the years she forced me into:

Spanish as I've already said
Choir for a year (I hated absolutely every single session)
Eating tomatoes every day for 3 months (after the first week I used to hide them in my hand and then flush them down the toilet)
Learning Mandarin. She let me quit after the teacher and her found out I'd only been pretending to go for a term.
Doing DofE ughhhhh
Piano for 6 years (got to the point where I was supposed to do 90 minutes of practice a day. Never. Again.)
Flute for 2 years

probably some other stuff but I can't think of them

**scottish** · 06-10-2014, 03:51 PM

Nothing, I always got given the final decision.

**Red** · 06-10-2014, 03:56 PM

... that is ridiculous. My mum would never force me to do anything I didn't want to do. There is no way I would let her choose my subjects for me, especially knowing I struggle with a subject and don't enjoy it :S

Empired · 06-10-2014, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by Red

... that is ridiculous. My mum would never force me to do anything I didn't want to do. There is no way I would let her choose my subjects for me, especially knowing I struggle with a subject and don't enjoy it :S

I don't struggle with the subject I just rly rly rly hate that particular class. It's worst because I was behind everyone else when we started so they just assume I'm stupid when I just haven't been taught the content. I'm just worried that I'll end up hating Spanish (which I love) because of this damn class lol

However she's paid a LOT of money for me to take it for the year but I know she only does it to use as a reason for why I'm not allowed to drop it.

I thought everyones parents forced them into something at some point? :S

**scottish** · 06-10-2014, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by Empired

I thought everyones parents forced them into something at some point? :S

Like what? lol

I've never been forced into something I didn't want to do.

Empired · 06-10-2014, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by scottish

Like what? lol

I've never been forced into something I didn't want to do.

Idk piano lessons, even small things like eating broccoli

there's supposed to be some valuable lesson behind it to teach children

Gina · 06-10-2014, 04:37 PM

lit nothing lmao
she used to force me to go to tesco with her??
erm i went to one ballet class too but cried and never had to go again
my mum said her mum used to alwaus force her to do things she didnt want to do n she didnt like it so made sure she didnt do itto me and charlotte (and she didnt)

Chris · 06-10-2014, 04:38 PM

Nothing particularly. They forced me to get swimming lessons when I was younger, but I'm glad that they did because it's a very useful thing to have. I suppose my mum pressured me into getting driving lessons too, but ultimately it was me who decided to do it.