The ancient Romans really were a patriarchal society. They had to listen to grandpa until he died, then dad got to be in charge until he died. It didn’t matter to... moreThe ancient Romans really were a patriarchal society. They had to listen to grandpa until he died, then dad got to be in charge until he died. It didn’t matter to them if you turned 18.
In my case, if my mom were in charge, I’d have a different job, different spouse and a different religion. In my husband’s case, there’s absolutely no way his parents would have let him marry me.
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Sometimes, with age and maturity, we can look back at things we misunderstood or disagreed with as a child and see it in a completely different light as an adult, especially if and... moreSometimes, with age and maturity, we can look back at things we misunderstood or disagreed with as a child and see it in a completely different light as an adult, especially if and when we’re now raising children ourselves.
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My elder sister at age 17 moved into an apartment with our cousin who was a year younger and an emancipated minor. My sister never again lived with my mother, she later got ... more
My elder sister at age 17 moved into an apartment with our cousin who was a year younger and an emancipated minor. My sister never again lived with my mother, she later got married around age 19, and moved into another apartment with her husband.Both my elder brother (13 months my senior) and younger brother (13 months my junior) were removed from the household at ages 15 and 13 respectively due to problems surrounding and leading up to our mother‘s divorce from our stepfather. They are placed in a group home, and as far as I remember, never permanently returned to live with our mother between then and their 18th birthdays. Both of them eventually joined the US Army, neither of them made a career of it.At age 18, in the wintertime, I signed up for the Delayed Entry Program to enlist in the US Marine Corps. That program allowed me time to finish high school, and after my senior year of high school that next spring, I reported for boot camp in the summer, never again lived under my mother’s... less
