My parents have always had absurd rules for me. I am not allowed to go
to a friend's place for a sleepover when I'm in Mumbai, but when I'm in
New York, they don't care about where I'm going or who I'm meeting. I'm
not allowed to go on trips with my childhood friends from Mumbai without my parents
being around, but if I ask them to travel to Los Angeles with people they haven't
even heard of, they're okay. I can not be outside my house past 10PM if I'm in Mumbai,
but when I'm in New York, even if I call them at 12AM and tell them I'm going back home from a party,
they won't question anything.
I understand that a big part of it is that they can not do anything
about it from continents away, but I can never get myself to understand why I am still treated as a
19 year old when I'm back at home. They are okay with me drinking when I'm in New York, but not when I am
in Mumbai. When my childhood friends question why I can't do anything with them but can do so much in New York, I
have no answers. My parents expect me to figure out my career, secure a good job, start handeling taxes, understand
savings accounts and credit scores, manage my finances, move cities and countries, but still continue
to treat me like I only just turned into an adult and am yet not mature enough to take care of myself.
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