hanging with my mom

@00fear (3216)
United States
March 18, 2007 1:27am CST
hi, i wanted to ask a question. first of all, when i was young i would always hang out with my mom. i never wanted to be away from her even when she was going to small places. she used to take me with her everywhere when i was a baby (im her youngest) and my brothers would hangout with my dad. well, my problem is that now im 19 and i still hangout with her, is it okay? i mean (like i said), im 19 and im a male. i go work with my dad but when my mom goes to special places, my dad gives me the days off to go with her or if i dont go to work im at school (i dont go all day, because of disability). i go with her to the groceries and to go out and eat. when she goes out with her sister, it is my mom, her sister, my grandma, and my girl cousin, and sometimes my little boy cousin (but he is still a kid). i always end up being the only guy (when my little cousin is not there sometimes). they go places like shopping and stuff. i have given a lot of thoughts to this recently and i asked my mom, is it okay if i hangout with you, even at an old age? she said it was okay but i knew she said it cause she was afraid she might hurt my feelings or something. one day, when she asked me if i wanted to go places i normally go with her, like she asked me if i wanted to go with her to take some papers to my dad in the apartments, i said no. she also asked me if i wanted to go to the grocery store with her but i said no. due to the problem of me being to old to hangout with her, i didnt wanna go. i remember i would go with her because my grandpa and grandma told me to do so because i am all she has (my brothers can go to school for the whole day and my dad is always at work). now that i asked her about me hanging with her, she made it seem as if i really didnt have to hang with her, only if i wanted to. i then noticed my grandparents told me this cause i was young and were trying to teach me about how i supposed to obey my parents. now i have the doubts about hanging with her, but hanging with her is really cool for me but im afraid im too old already. am i too old to hangout with her, even if i go with her and her sister, my grandma, and my girl cousin. should i even belong there? i go to school and work (like a man) just not everyday my dad needs help and i go to school for like an hour. i just want to know if it is okay to hangout with her or not anymore cause im old.
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• Philippines
9 Apr 07
weLL
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@00fear (3216)
• United States
12 Apr 07
thats true... thanks.
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@vogelvrij (196)
• Netherlands
1 Apr 07
You are an adolescent, an early mature boy. And that means you got to have the strength within yourself to go to places alone or make some friends at your workplace or from school and hang out with them. You wrote in your post that you have a disability. Maybe it is because of that your mom always wanted to have you as close to her as possible. Maybe you must learn to do things by yourself to show her that she can have more trust in you doing things by yourself. Start with simple things. Do some groceries for dinner alone. If that works out well, go a step further. Make some friends in the neigbourhood and go have a drink with them.
@00fear (3216)
• United States
12 Apr 07
people do tell me that. but i do do that but im just saying about whenever i dont have other things to do at the moment and so i go with my mom places when i dont have other plans.
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@AmbiePam (85983)
• United States
22 Apr 07
It's OK, but also it's really important to try to have interests away from your mom. Maybe you could invest more time in a hobby, or try to develop a friendship with someone you like? As you said, you go to school and work, so you are busy already. But as someone who also loves to be around their mom, I know I need to try to form outside interests, which I'm sure you probably have. But the most important thing is that you sound like a loving son. What else could a mom ask for? : )
@00fear (3216)
• United States
25 Apr 07
thanks and yea i do do other things like hobbies. i play football with my band mates and play in the band with them (obviously, band mates).