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"BECAUSE I SAID SO!" (Rant)
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"BECAUSE I SAID SO!" (Rant)

Wasn't sure where to put this so sorry if it's in the wrong fourm or whatever.


"BECAUSE I SAID SO!!!!"

Ever hear those words? Probably. Young or old, we were all at one point subjected to this nonsense.

It is pointless and illogical to do something someone says just because they're an adult. (Which, unlike most of them seem to think, doesn't automatically make them right. Sometimes they are, because they have more life experience, but sometimes they're wrong, and shouldn't cover it up with anger or "I'm an adult, listen to me")

Some adults think asking why is insulting, because they don't think the child trusts them. In most cases, they do, but they want to hear why and make their own opinion. This applies to instances having to do with situations like being told to delete someone as a friend, which actually happened to me earlier. At first I disagreed, because I had no idea what was going on, and didn't want to just blindly obey. It wasn't because I didn't trust my mom, I just wanted to know what was going on and wanted to decide for myself (Because parents, face it, we're teenagers, we're going to friend people you don't approve of, it's what we do) whether or not it was a legitimate reason for defriending this person, but my mom explained it to me, and there was a good reason to delete them. If only it were always like that for everyone.

When parents respond with "Because" most teens get irritated and ask again, which will usually made the parent angry when, in most cases, the teen just want to know why they're being told to do something. Then, they may get angry and disobey, and that would made the parent angry. Rinse and repeat on a daily basis (Usually more often than that) and you wind up with nasty hair stripped of it's essential oils.

Another reason parents give for saying "Because I said so" is that it's an invasion of privacy. It's true people do need privacy, but if you're being told to do something that relates to the parent or someone else, it's natural to ask why. The adult doesn't need to go into intricate detail, but a general reason is always nice. I think that's one of the main reasons teens and adults argue so often. If the parent would at least give a general explanation of why, instead of thinking they have to go in-depth into something they find too personal, and as a result not giving any explanation whatsoever , it would definitely reduce conflict in families.

The problem is, most teens don't explain this very well, so the parent doesn't always understand why they are asking why. They may think "Because I said so" is a valid excuse, since one, parents are infamous for saying this. They were kids once too (Huge shocker) and they most likely grew up being told "Because I said so" every time they asked why, so they've basically been raised to do this. The parent, since they grew up with it, may just say it without really thinking about it.

Also, since they (Hopefully) understand why they're telling the teen to do something, they might assume the teenager knows why they're being told to do something, and is just asking to be a punk or annoy and mock them, when most of the time they're genuinely just asking why. Sometimes the parent yells because of the tone of voice, but the teen could just have bad tone control and not really mean it that way (I personally have this problem. Sometimes I sound angry when I'm not, and people take it the wrong way because I can't really control the tone I use when I say something).

Alternatively, the parent may have perceived the teen's tone of voice to be whiny since teenagers are notorious for being whiny and obnoxious in the parent's eyes. It also doesn't help that the media commonly portrays them to act like obnoxious, ungrateful brats as well. They could be going through something else that is making them be in a bad mood, and might be upset with the "Because I said so" added on top of it. I'm not a parent, so I can't speak for them, but this is what I think they could possibly be thinking when they say those 4 dreaded words.

After writing this, I found out I was supposed to write a persuasive essay about a completely different topic for school. Oh well. Laugh
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Re: "BECAUSE I SAID SO!" (Rant)

That's actually really well thought out and made a lot of sense... calling it a 'rant' is doing it a disservice. Razz

If you're ever going to tell someone what to do, you better have a good reason and be willing to explain it... (unless it's actually some sort of life and death situation... but if it is, then it should be obvious and not require explanation)... I think people who do the "because I said so" crap are probably not even aware of why they want the person to do whatever it is they're telling them to do... or maybe it's some personal irritation to them, and they don't have the guts to admit that it's such a stupid reason.

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Thanks. Smile I wrote this off the top of my head while I was chatting online with a friend. Stuff like this just randomly pops into my head for some reason. It pretty much wrote itself. Laugh
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Lol I h8 when my parnts sy bcuz i said so caus tha like nonono

I h8 this cause parnts so say wh like why can't hav sex wit gut wit aids
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Re: "BECAUSE I SAID SO!" (Rant)

Such savages are also known for the saying "You're never to argue with us even when we're wrong."

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I linked this to my Parental Units, and for once, they shut the hell up.

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You are right "Because I said so" Is the biggest load of bullshit in the whole world
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