"Finding it hard to let go"

SHE is a adorable when she cooks your favourite food and helps with your laundry.

She is fun to hang out with, especially when shopping for bargains during sales.

She is great company for watching TV drama.

She is Mun!

She shows how open-minded she can be when

you share stories about your friends and boyfriends.

You are proud of her when she stands up for you.

However, she is also the most annoying person on earth,

and her nagging seems to come from a bottomless pit.

She comments about every little thing-the way you dress,

the way ypu talk and walk, the way you drive, the way you do everything!

To make her happy, all you need to do is to, simply, do things her way.

and that is frustrating.

She loves to know what you are doing and who you are going out with.

"A friend" is never an acceptable answer.

She wants the minutest details.

You love your privacy, but she enjoys invading your personal bubble.

What's worse, she shares them with her sister and girlfriends.

You hate arguing with her, because no matter what, she is always right.

He is very loveble when he buys you breakfast and makes you a hot drink.

He is a great listner when you talk to him about the going-on in your life

and your thoughts about the future.

He shows that he cares when he drives you around town.

he is a good sport when you work out together.

You respect him for his honesty and trustworthiness,

and secretly dream to marry someone just like him.

However, he is also the most conservative and controlling person on earth!

He worries about everything,

he is afraid to let you go out by youself and makes sure you are home early.

He hates it when you wear your shirts and skirts too short.

He gets mad when boys surround you.

He spews s stream of cautious reminders, which play like a broken record,

the same thing, over and over again.

You feel the need to be independent,

but he want to be the one who does everything for you.

when you tell them that you are already 24

and old enough to figure put what is wrong and right,

when you tell them that you are mature enough to do your own thing

and be responsible for own actions,

when you tell them you need more privacy and independence,

what do they say?

"But in our eyes, you are syill our little girl."

However, when you make the slightest mistakes,

like forgetting to turn the lights off, to fold your blankets,

or wash the dishes, they say,

"You are already an adult and yet you are so forgetful and irresponsible."

Their messages are often so contradictory.

And you wonder what more you can do to reassure them.

Also, I wonder, why do parents stop praising their grown-up kids?

They used to praise every good thing we did when we were younger.

But now no longer. It seems like they have stopped noticing our strenghts

and, instead, are fixated on our weaknesses.

When you forget to take the clothes in, you get yelled at.

But when you do, there is no encouragement.

Is it because parents take for granted that it is something that we should do?

And therefore praise is not necessary?

Sometimes, all we adult kids really need is just a simple pat on the back.

I guess we will only know what they are thinking when we become parents ourselves.

But, no doubt, without them, we won't be what we are today.