"Your in university now, you shouldn't be going on dates, you shouldn't go out with friends, you don't have any time for anything except your studies..." BLAH BLAH BLAH. This is in fact...is BIG FAT LIE. They don't seem to realize how much everything in my life means to me right now. To start, badminton. Why do i train, why do i WANT to train? Because mearly playing isn't GOOD enough. "Everyone is beating you now so why bother?" Well lets see...a year ago i couldn't even walk, i was hurt just about ALL season meaning i missed almost a whole season of training...of course everyone else has improved in that time, of course I'm not as good, its to be expected. I agree, maybe i haven't been working at it as hard as i should be but deep down inside, its a passion and i'm not going to just let that go. If you don't want to pay for my lessons, then DONT but do not patronize me about how i'm wasting my time, i don't need to hear it from you. I'm thinking it'd be absolutely amazing to end my last year as a junior playing at nationals that just happens to be in the city this year, of course i'm going to have to work, but leave it to ME...its MY problem, not yours if i make other people "look down on [me]".

Boyfriend. I get to see him essentially ONCE a week so don't even try to take that away from me. I bust my ass ALL week so i can enjoy that ONE day with him. Don't tell me i'm not working hard, you wouldn't know. Ask any of your friends if they're kids see their boyfriends or girlfriends more often then this, i'm sure you'll get plenty of "yes"s. Don't tell me that I'm not old enough to understand love, don't mock me with your constant "oh get married to him then" kind of bullshit. You don't understand anything about my life so you have no right to say anything on this. I'm not living 40 years ago in "back in my day" nor do I really give a flying rats ass what went on back in your day.

I know you mean well, but your going about this in the wrong way. I dont need you constantly telling me i'm not good enough, i'm not working hard enough and other put downs like that. You know what it is? It's just more stress. I'm sick of trying to impress you as nothing I do will ever impress you. I've learnt that trying to impress you is just a failed effort. Don't speak on my life like you know, YOU DONT. You dont understand my priorities and why they're important, you dont understand my feelings nor do you even try. You don't listen to what I have to say, or take what i say to heart so sometimes the best way to get you to see is to hurt you. Your KILLING me here but you dont see that.