Is it normal whenever, i talk about what i want to do my mom becomes upset?

I want to do what I love and what I do best at. Specifically instruments, that I'm good at (Electric Guitar, Bass, and Piano/keyboard) though, whenever I bring this subject upon my mother she always gets furious and says: "What's the point?! you're not going to be doing that in your life, that won't help you at all!" Any help here?

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  • sexysonofsam

    It is normal for a mother to bitch, that is what they do! Go and play at your mates house and when you get your first record deal and the old lady comes around for a small loan tell her to and jump in the lake!

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  • kelili

    Maybe she knows that you are making a film and that you are not as talented as you think you are. I'm sure your mother wants you to succeed.

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  • cupcake_wants

    I've seen this before. She wants you to go to college for something like law, history, psychology, etc. Yes, she cares about you and wants to see you be successful even if she doesn't know how to show it. Don't hate her for this. My advice is to find a subject that you can go to school for and do the music on the side. The way she sees it, the odds of you making it in music are way too hard and it's better not to put your eggs in one basket for something that you could statistically only be successful like 10% of the time if that.

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  • handsignals

    My mother takes this to the extreme, I do anything without her putting a negative spin on it, it would be nice to get some encouragement from your own parent.

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  • LIGHTHOUSE

    It is for your sake only. Stop blaming your mother now. She wants you to live a stable life in the future.

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  • KeepsakeDoll

    It's pretty frustrating when you want to do something else with your life but your parents don't accept the idea, but it's normal for them to nag about it. My parents did it, too.

    Your parents just want you to do well in life and have a stable career. Just know that your mother IS just trying to look out for you in her own way.

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  • Who_Fan4Life

    Seems like there is a discrepancy between what she THINKS you should be doing (I'm guessing career-wise) and what YOU want to do with your life.

    Regarding your mom, I think she probably thinks that music, in general, would not be a solid career path and perhaps she thinks that it won't last and that you'll struggle to find a ''real job'' because of it. That's typical for mothers. They're just looking out for you. However, at the end of the day, remember it's your life. If that's what you want to do, then do it. In my view, it's not ALL about the money, and buying a house, and a car etc, it really comes down to happiness. If you're genuinely happy with your life, you wouldn't necessarily worry that much about getting a ''real job.''

    That's not to say you should just never worry about finances and important things like that. but in my opinion you should pursue your dreams, if that's what you really want to do. And if it doesn't work out in the end, at least you can say you tried.

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  • seekelp

    There's something to that. Generally speaking, it's pretty tough to swing musicianship into a full on career. If you want to take that route then you'll inevitably have to take on another job to support yourself, but that doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't.

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