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[AdvMutant]

This day started so cool... :(
I woke up, brushed my teeth and found out that I'm alone with my bro. I was like "w00t!" and started messing around with the PC. I was in good mood, so I wasn't afraid to mess with my HDD. I tried to dual-boot XP with FreeDOS, but I got bored and decided that I should install Gentoo on my PC instead of a virtual machine. So I burned the CD an got to work. After ~10 minutes, my private math teacher called me. The second I took the phone I realized that the day is gonna be ****...

I realized that I forgot about the math lesson I was supposed to have at 11, I was 5 minutes late already. Plus, I didn't even start the [ton of]homework she gave me. I picked up the phone just to discover it was broken - it's speaker didn't work for some reason. I tried to call my mom, the teacher, I spent like 10 minutes trying to call people but my phone didn't work. I gave up and took the home phone[should have done it before]. I called my mom and told her, she said I have to go now. I called the teacher, and she got really mad at me cause I keep forgetting stuff - she said that there's another lesson after me and then she has to go somewhere. I couldn't even explain. I said that my phone was broken and that I didn't know I was supposed to be with my bro but she was still mad. I then called my mom and told her the same, she was also mad. REALLY DARN MAD. She said that as soon as she comes home she's gonna cancel my Java course.

Uh oh... Not good. NOT GOOD! We've already paid, and I don't think she's really gonna do it but she screwed my day. It's ok if my teacher and mom are mad, but what I'm really afraid of is my dad. He likes to yell at me like crazy, and I like to resist him. He yells, I stand in place, then I start arguing with him, he gets even more mad, etc. You know what happens when two offensive people fight? That's what. My dad then realizes his mistake at the end of the day and says he's sorry, but I'm never am. I say "It's ok", but it really isn't. I HATE being yelled on. After such a day I'm pissed for the next week. For some reason, my parents like to threat me in a different way. My bro never gets yelled no matter what he does, while when I was in his age my parents used to hit me and punish me.

The thing is, I don't wanna be pissed for the next week. My mom and teacher are pretty darn mad, and I don't know what to do to calm them down. My correct story is "I woke up just to discover I'm alone with my bro, I didn't know that. Mom said that she doesn't wand to leave my bro alone, so I tried to call the teacher but my phone didn't work." This is problematic, because we had another phone fully working.

Please CodeCall, help. I can survive such a day, but I don't want. What can I do to calm my parents down? I'm gonna clean the house cause I promised it yesterday, gonna finish the whole homework, plus some bonus pages. What else?

Help please, Mike!

[mrlemke]

For starters, don't be giving your parents any lip. Respect your parents and it'll help, even if they are liberals (that's what you made them sound like). From your previous posts, it sounds like your parents work hard. They deserve your respect, not your attitude. Trust me, my little sister has the same problem; I never did. She always got into arguments with my parents (although she could get away with it), and it was very annoying being around my family having to listen to all the yelling.

It isn't your dad's mistake for yelling at you. I'd spank your ass if you were my child giving me attitude when I cloth you, feed you, give you a place to sleep, computers, etc. Your parents probably treat you a different way because you are older. Which reminds me, are you Jewish? I heard at 13, Jews supposed to become men. If this is the case, there's another reason.

Make sure you specify on which phone you used. They know you called them and they will think you're telling them bull****. Also, prove that it doesn't work.

Get used to your little brother getting better treatment. I know how you feel, only difference is my younger sibling is a girl. I learned to deal with it, and so should you. It'll get you no where thinking about it, so don't worry about it.

[John]

Run away. That'll teach em'

[Alexander]

Parents get angry because they love you (unconditionally, I might add!), and your parents do seem to do so. I always found if you do bad in one responsibility showing you can be responsible in other things can help, they just want you to be able to do all the homework on your own -- And with having kids, it is saddening when they don't do homework (even if it is not their fault), try to look into your parent's views and see that they react that way because of what they see and because you are their son. Do not feel ashamed.

[AdvMutant]

Everything went peacefully, for the first time in my life my dad didn't scream on me. Can you believe it?
@John, I have plans... lol
@Nullw0rm, I guess I'll just have to believe you.