Having strict parents is hard. What's even harder is the constant apologizing and explanations you give to the people who mean the most to you. What's even harder than that is feeling like they don't fully understand, because chances are, they don't.

First of all, like we always say, we are sorry. We are sorry for always saying no to the really awesome sounding adventures you have planned, but its really not our fault. When we do say yes, its usually because we are lying to our parents about where we are. Having strict parents genuinely stresses us out. That's why we may seem a little anxious or on edge when out with our friends. Having strict parents is asking to go somewhere with your friends and being slammed with a bajillion questions. And if its with a guy make that 5 bajillion. Its them making judgments and assumptions about people they don't even know. It hurts. It pains us to hear them talk so badly of you guys when they've never met you.

We are good kids, but we want a life.

We want to constantly go places and stay out late, but we just can't. As rebellious we want to be and say "screw it" and just go, its not that easy. Its not easy being threatened to be kicked out or having you education being taken away because you want to enjoy your youth while you can. We try and try to reason with them and understand their logic, but honestly, it really doesn't make much sense to us either. We want you to understand. We probably talk about the future a lot. And how we can't to live on our own and have a job that supports ourselves.

We love our parents, but we don't really love living them. We know one day it'll get better and one day we'll be able to be ourselves without the fear of being ridiculed. Until then, we hope you can bare with us.