One of the most annoying nag I feel I receive from my mom is the "I forbid you to get a girlfriend now. It will without a doubt be detrimental to your studies." nag.

I mean, if it comes, it comes right? How is it possible to forbid me to go out with girls etc? I don't think it makes any sense. In my opinion, if you choose to suppress emotions, it will be even more tiring.

Why is it that my mother does not believe I can make my own decisions? Always second guessing decisions that I make, read deeply into them, making decisions for me etc. Do you know how tiring it is?

Even which lane to drive in, she is also deciding for me. My schedule for the day, she also wants to decide/mess up.

It is already far beyond concern, it is obsession! She doesn't realise the more she does it, the more I feel the urge to just close myself up and pull further away.

Sometimes, people just need to learn that to love is not to hold tightly, not giving any freedom. The rope will one day break and it may never be fixed.