Comment preview: I'm Asian, older than the average league player (been out of college for a few years now) and here's my advice to the youngins: 1. Suck it up. Yeah overbearing parents are terrible, but once you get to college they lose most of their control. 2. Move out a ....

Comment preview: That's how you do it! ATTENTION, ALL MEN WITH OVERBEARING PARENTS/FAMILY/FRIENDS WHO INSULT OR MISTREAT YOUR WOMAN: It is SOLELY your job to put a stop to such behavior. You are the arbiter of what will or won't fly regarding the treatment of your lady fri ....

Comment preview: Honestly, it sounds like he's just trying to be part of your life. It's being taken entirely too far, but you keep on shutting him out. He's definitely in Overbearing Parent Mode, for sure. To be quite frank, though, wouldn't you be confused if your chi ....

Comment preview: I lost touch with my old 'teammates'. They moved to Texas to train with Bela, or to LA, Cinci, or one of the other top gyms. I can only speak for my own experiences in terms of regret. I still love the sport. I just am grateful my life took a different p ....

Comment preview: Agreed completely. I've seen many overbearing parents ruin their children by being overly strict. I'm turning 28 years old next month so I'm not a kid and long from it. From many experiences, I've noticed that the more you restrict someone, whether its a c ....

Comment preview: You're totally right about state schools and qualifying exams. *However* some schools have internal exams too, and those can sometimes be important. I'm leaving this as a warning to my fellow Brits who're thinking about going into teaching... My Mum used t ....

Comment preview: It is completely insane that you two grown ass adults discuss the way you pay household bills with his mother. None of her business, no way, no how. Boundaries. There's NO NEED to lie about your finances to her, **your finances should never be discussed ....

Comment preview: This will probably be buried, but regardless, it was excruciating so I might as well get something out of it. After I'd finished my course at university, I got invited to an acquaintance's 21st birthday. It was very far out of London in a suburb. Privet-fi ....

Comment preview: According to NPR, he has a miserable childhood due to **overbearing parents and perpetual virginity:** > [Sidis's biographer describes his parents] as pushy and aggressive. "They believed that you could make a genius," Wallace says. His mother spent the ....

Comment preview: I'm a Christian, and have quite a few problems with some of the things being said. First of all, guilt does not come from God. Feeling guilty because you're a Christian comes from overbearing parents or religious figures telling you you have to be perfect ....

Comment preview: Basically it's like a drowning man insulting the guy offering him a life preserver because doing so suggests he can't swim. Americans hate the suggestion that they can't do things on their own... even when the system is grossly rigged against them. _Especi ....

Comment preview: I couldn't agree more. I kept waiting for the part of the post where OP would describe how her fianc tried even a teeny, tiny bit and there's nothing. The Europe trip...*Jesus Christ.* He let his mother invite herself, then he let his mother essentially s ....

Comment preview: I wasn't allowed to go too far from the front door of my house when I was a kid, and my mom was continually harassing me with, "don't go so far - stay closer - no you can't go around the corner on your bike" etc. until I finally told her to stop smothering ....

Comment preview: Me and my best friend's sister lost our virginties to one another. It's actually a really logical storyline that most would have predicted. She was 2 years younger and we went to the same highschool. My friends would regularly hang out at my best friends h ....

Comment preview: Here's why I'll always have a soft spot for Mark Buehrle. Well, given how awesome he's been for the Jays I guess there are two reasons now, but this is the big one: Buehrle pitched his perfect game on July 23, 2009. I'll never forget this because I got m ....

Comment preview: I'm a teacher and speaking from my experience most children identified as gifted and placed in these programs are not truly gifted but just fast learners and smart. A lot of schools over identify kids and their gifted programs don't actually perform how th ....

Comment preview: yes, as a failsafe, they implanted small explosive devices in the heads of the ponies. Therefore if some overbearing parents try to run the show and decide that their precious Teefini (or whatever batshit spelling the mom decided to use) breaks the rules ....

Comment preview: Unless he's explicitly trying to be ironic, this tourist t-shirt is honestly a douche move. Why would someone think it's alright to go into another person's home with a numerated list of quasi-threats (some are actual threats)? Also, great way to start a h ....

Comment preview: I would appreciate if I were in a situation like that and the person gave me a reasonable explanation, though I certainly wouldn't feel I'd been 'taught a lesson' or feel bad about it. Just because of the reactions on here, I want to put out there a bit o ....

Comment preview: To me, it's definitely the Dr. Phil Show. This show takes the simplest, most understandable psychological problems on the planet--so simple that even a three year old can understand them--and then proceeds to analyze it and dole out advice as if it were sa ....

Comment preview: I may get yelled at or buried for this but ah well; I'm really tired of teachers getting the short stick on this debate. Tenure is really important to keep ANY teacher in their job. Teacher administration in the U.S. is abysmal and teachers are consisten ....

Comment preview: You say you're going to the School of Mines. That's pretty cool. One of my best friends from high school goes there, and he enjoys it a lot. Now, most colleges that you can go to will have student organizations. CSM is no exceptions. So, after the applicat ....

Comment preview: Living with your parents at 28 really isn't that big of a deal. What is, however, is the 'woe is me' attitude. Stop acting like you are some especially flawed person. Most of us have issues and there are a hell of a lot of people in similar situations to y ....

Comment preview: My parents are helicopter parents. My stepmom was insane while the six of us kids were in school. She had access to every assignment, due date, date it was turned in, and grade we received. My teachers hated her. She would call about grades lower than a B. ....

Comment preview: You summed it up incredibly well. I've never gotten to the point of being anything as remotely bad as the people in the article are, but I've dealt with heavy video game addiction for a long time. My place is moderately clean, I shower every day, and occas ....