My brother's friend is spending the night. Around 3am (about 2 hours ago) I had to go to the bathroom so I went...my mom heard me up.
She starts asking me, "Why are you up?"I told her I had to pee.
She was like, "Why were you up before that?" wondering why I was still awake. I told her its summer and I have nothing to do and I'm not getting up early to just sit around the house. (The weather has been bad everyday since the end of May. Tornado warnings everyday for the past week. I have no money to go anywhere and I am not about to ask her for money.)
Its summer. I am 19. No, I am not working but I've all but threatened places for a job.
I point out my brother and his friend are still up, she blames it on me..yet they are both playing video games. I point out that I am in my room door shut/locked, lights off, no sound except my fan and that he couldn't know for sure.
She tells me that HE KNOWS...
I get where she is coming from. I am a night owl...he knows its in my nature to be up late. Its been like that for the past 6 years...nothing is going to sway him.
Unless I was to loudly announce going to bed and start sleep with my door open..there is no other way for him to know any different. Announcing going to bed is corny and I sleep with my door shut to keep the dog out.
How can I show her that no matter what I do, he's going to think I am up?
And how do I show her that I am 19 and he is 14 and that at 19 I simply shouldn't have to go to bed as early as a 14 year old. Different ages have different privilages and while he shouldn't stay up at late, that at my age it's really no big deal.
My mom is very old school.
Thinks everyone should go to bed at 10pm and wake up between 7-9am and get things done early during the day.
Doesn't believe that teenagers bodies are different and their sleep patterns are different.
She'll also not go to bed until he and I are both asleep. Then claim that we keep her up. He usually goes to bed when she does but you can't even hear me when I stay up...I lay on my bed with my laptop.
Thanks in advance.
She starts asking me, "Why are you up?"I told her I had to pee.
She was like, "Why were you up before that?" wondering why I was still awake. I told her its summer and I have nothing to do and I'm not getting up early to just sit around the house. (The weather has been bad everyday since the end of May. Tornado warnings everyday for the past week. I have no money to go anywhere and I am not about to ask her for money.)
Its summer. I am 19. No, I am not working but I've all but threatened places for a job.
I point out my brother and his friend are still up, she blames it on me..yet they are both playing video games. I point out that I am in my room door shut/locked, lights off, no sound except my fan and that he couldn't know for sure.
She tells me that HE KNOWS...
I get where she is coming from. I am a night owl...he knows its in my nature to be up late. Its been like that for the past 6 years...nothing is going to sway him.
Unless I was to loudly announce going to bed and start sleep with my door open..there is no other way for him to know any different. Announcing going to bed is corny and I sleep with my door shut to keep the dog out.
How can I show her that no matter what I do, he's going to think I am up?
And how do I show her that I am 19 and he is 14 and that at 19 I simply shouldn't have to go to bed as early as a 14 year old. Different ages have different privilages and while he shouldn't stay up at late, that at my age it's really no big deal.
My mom is very old school.
Thinks everyone should go to bed at 10pm and wake up between 7-9am and get things done early during the day.
Doesn't believe that teenagers bodies are different and their sleep patterns are different.
She'll also not go to bed until he and I are both asleep. Then claim that we keep her up. He usually goes to bed when she does but you can't even hear me when I stay up...I lay on my bed with my laptop.
Thanks in advance.