Is it normal that i hate the thing my mom said?

My mom said something to me that I didn't like. She told me to "Be Mature" and "let it go" since I can't reconnect to my closest friends. What does she know and why should I "be an adult" when I'm no where close to being one mentally despite my age (19)? It's ok if SHE doesn't take her old friendships seriously but I DO and I should be able to persue my old friendships if I wish. I know I fucked up back then and that's why I should do everything in my power to get my friends back. Mom just couldn't understand. My friends mean much more to me than a stupid level of "Maturity". Forget that. It may make me seem like a immature brat but ATLEAST I care about my friends! People are wrong when they say "Oh, well, you can just make new ones. No biggie." Seriously, just be silent. Unless you have spent years with your friends and made many memories with them (good or bad) like I did, then they ARE NOT replaceable. They wouldn't say that shit if we're talking about siblings. "Oh, but siblings and friends aren't the same thing". Actually, FRIENDS CAN BE QUITE SIMILIAR TO SIBLINGS and can even be ADDITIONAL OR BETTER SIBLINGS. If I can't have my old friends, then I won't have ANY friends and I'll just be a friendless loser for the rest of my life. I don't care. I don't think friendship is worth it if I can't have my old friends. I'd rather be alone then betray my friends by replacing them with people that could NEVER be like them or make me happy like they did. No. Just no.

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  • thr

    First of all, calm down a bit.

    I believe that as you get older it becomes harder to make new important friendships, and that maturity in a lot of ways is the same as not caring so much.

    I agree with you that you should not just let things go, if they matter to you. I don't know why you can't reconnect with your friends, but if you can win back something that is dear to you, then go for it.

    The last part of your post comes across more as immature than youthful, and is idealistic in a bad way.
    You don't want any friends, if you can't have your old friends, and you feel that acquiring new friendships would be a betrayal?
    If you were calmly stating this as factual circumstances in your life, then I could respect, but with the way you express yourself, I would rather advise you to be mature.

    You're 19, and you stated that you're not mentally an adult, so you still have years of development. In the coming years there will most likely be people that will mean a lot to you, whether they are your old friends or people you haven't met yet.

    Some friendships come and go, sometimes people grow apart, people lose touch. It may be sad, but that's the way things go. If you avoid that in your life, then kudos to you.

    On the point of it being something your mom said, consider the case of it having been said by some random person, whom you had asked for advice from. How would you then react?

    Maybe your mom doesn't understand. Maybe she can remember her own youth and does understand, but is giving you advice that you would have given too, had you been in her shoes.
    Maybe you are not viewing her as you would someone else, misconstruing her opinions as something that you oppose.
    Maybe she hasn't given that much attention to your problems, and considered what matters to you.

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  • davesumba

    Yeah. Your brain isn't fully developed until your mid twenties. You still have time before you are fully capable of growing up.
    One of the key aspects of "growing up," is that you learn how to control your feelings, think about things in better ways, and how not to sweat the small stuff. Your mom is right in saying that if you were to "grow up" or "be mature" then you wouldn't be worrying about such trivial things.

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  • Sog

    Friendships really don't last forever. To be 19 and still not understand this, you must be very lucky.

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  • mofohobo

    I'm 20 and what I've noticed is that after I graduated high school, I lost about 90% of my friends. It's pretty difficult to maintain old friendships after you become an adult with few exceptions (ie, going to the same school, living closeby, etc). If you don't have any of those exceptions, you might as well just give up. Your mom has a point. You can always make new friends and "act properly" with them.

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  • Avant-Garde

    I refuse to read this all. Missing out on something?! Oops, my bad, I'm sorry!

    You come off as being incredibly immature Und unreasonable. Your mom is/was giving you some nice advice but yet you flip out which further proves that you need to grow up. Sure, no one wants to lose their friends or grow apart from them but that doesn't mean that you can't tighten the relationship by being mature. Heck! I'd be more respectful towards someone with maturity than someone without it. You can't avoid your responsibilities and life forever.

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  • myboyfriendsbitch

    Your mom doesn't have any advice for this one. Looks like you'll have to let those words go, be mature and find your own solution.

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  • disthing

    Oh quit complaining! Whiny little brat.

    *adjusts his old man hat*

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  • RoseIsabella

    I have gas... and Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream flavored acid reflux. Mmmm...

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    • disthing

      Are you trying to rival robbieforgotpw now? :P

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      • RoseIsabella

        Haha... No shucks, I could never do that. I'm not into sharting myself. OP's question just inspired me to share is all.

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  • yeah thats right

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  • Terence_the_viking

    My eyes they burn.

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  • I just bit my tounge.

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    • RoseIsabella

      What's a "tounge"?

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      • disthing

        It's tommy's equivalent of a clitoris.

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        • RoseIsabella

          Hahaha...those kitty cats sure are flexible.

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      • It's like "tongue" but fancy.

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        • RoseIsabella

          Have scratchy little tongues.

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          • Sharp even.

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