That my friends family is like this?

She's getting angry at you coz she respects her parents. Leave it be, it's only your opinion and who are we to say what is right or wrong for her family. My neighbours did not have a TV coz of their religion but were very academic and spoke various languages.

She's going to go to college, have a taste of freedon, and then she'll hate her family.

You just described a friend of mine, except male. It was part of his religion growing up. He was very sheltered and the real world was a bit much for him to handle. All you can do is be a friend to her, let her make mistakes, and let her be who she is going to be. Love her unconditionally so when reality sets in, she doesn't feel so alone.

Is it some kind of religious thing maybe?

Obviously not normal

This used to be normal not ALL THAT long ago. At least she's not slutting around and getting knocked up like a lot of teens these days....... she's probably getting mad at you because she has been brought up to respect her parents. I know it's rare these days! She has plenty time to date and do all that other stuff when she's older and moves onto adulthood. If she isn't complaining, why are you?

If she has no problem with it, then your getting yourself concerned for no reason. She respects her parents and her culture, therefore it is completely normal. Maybe your culture is different, which is why you find it odd?

I have a friend like that. Except, she comes from a very strict Roman Catholic Albanian family. And her parents are even arranging her marriage, and they don't want her being with anyone who isn't from Albania as well.

She's a really nice girl, but she isn't allowed to do really anything. Her parents won't allow her to go over to her friends houses unless they're Albanian or her family, like her cousins. They're strict about her studies, and what she's majoring in. She's one of the smartest girls I know, and I think its because she spends most of her time studying and reading. I'm her friend from school. And I'm not Albanian at all so we never can hang out together, unless we decided to sneak around.
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*inbreeding that the IQ is down the toilet. Coupled with the blind believe in christianity and strict(irrationel) parenthood, that most of the young ones go 'beserk' the minute they get to highschool/college and get a taste of the 'real' world/freedom.

Thing is kind of moral on paper, in practise usually kind of under the covers behaviour.

I'm Dutch and that kind of sounds like the couple of villages we have here which we call: 'black-skirt' villages.

I don't think it is normal, but it is sonewhat common. We also call them "refo". Kind of an insult. You can Google it and find some pages about it(in Dutch). They are a bit the Dutch equivalent of the Amish I guess. (Reformed Christian)

In realty there is so much inbreedinfi

It's none of your business actually. Just leave her alone. What's normal for you might not be normal for others.

This reminds me a lot of one of my friends. We used to be best friends but about ten years ago (we were in 4th grade I think) her mother suddenly decided to become Laestadian, which also meant that my friend had to suddenly give up television, music, dancing, playing dress-up, and all these other things that seem to belong so clearly to a girl's childhood. They also moved away into a big house located more in the countryside - the religion doesn't allow birth control, so they would need a lot of room. She's happy now (at least it seems so) and has found a passion in being a girl scout leader, but I still don't understand the reasons for this religion at all. It just makes no sense in my world.

And oh, I'm not saying your friend is Laestadian, but at least something similar.

I had this childhood friend as a neighbor one time and she had a similar situation. She was a certain religion (it started with a "P" I think). She always wore dresses, never showed her elbows or knees, no television in the house, never cut her hair, and some other strange(to me) things as well. We were really young when we knew each other (I was about 6, she was about 4). I think she was my first real childhood friend who was also a girl. I wonder about her sometimes... That was so long ago and I still really miss her.

Dutch? Pennsylvania Dutch maybe.

Honestly, I wish my parents did this. Would've prevented me from this messed up world and the people that inhabit it.

If it's not bothering or hurting her, then there's really no point in you getting so worked up over it.

Yes, but as she gets older, they'll probably lay off a bit .