I moved out on my birthday and never looked back. I mostly moved out, uh, due to how strict my parents were. When I say strict, I don't mean something like be home by 10. I mean, I wasn't allowed to have friends older than me. I wasn't allowed any guy friends. If I had a project to work on at school and got partnered with that guy, my mom would tell my teachers to make me do it alone. I was only allowed on my phone if someone was there to monitor what I was doing. Weekdays my bedtime was 9 and weekends 930. I could only have a sleepover if it was at my house, and all my friends have to be questioned to make sure they were clean, meaning if they didn't have boyfriends, no tattoos, went to church, you get it. So you can imagine I had literally one or two friends. I didn't have any plans. I just packed my stuff and left. My parents weren't happy and tried for a bunch of months to get me to come home. Anyways, I landed a damn good job and was able to get my first appointment shortly after. My friend is over at my house almost every day with her boyfriend, and we just hang out. I didn't cut out all contact with my parents, but I limit it to only special occasions. My mom wanted to have a Zoom family call, whatever it's called, and asked me to join. I figured, what the hell, I'll join and say hi. As I'm talking to my little cousins in the background, you can see my friend's boyfriend come into the living room. Everyone's face kind of froze, and I didn't think much of it. My mom asked who it was, and I told her. She immediately gets annoyed. She started asking why he was living in my bedroom, which he didn't. The bathroom is the same way towards the bedroom, so I could see why it would look like that. She and my dad proceeded to ask why I have guys in my home. Why is he 21 hanging around me? It was like I was 15 again. My mom then insists I have him leave. At this point, my friend and her boyfriend hears this and goes, what the fuck? I didn't know what else to do but laugh. I said, are you out of your mind? And laughed some more. I realized they were serious and said my goodbyes and hung up. Later, I started getting messages that my parents are upset. I laughed at them. My family says it's in my best interest to apologize because I was being an asshole for laughing. Am I that asshole for laughing?

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That is so ridiculous. You are not the asshole. Your parents are assholes. In fact, it sounds like your whole family are assholes.

What the fuck is wrong with your family like what the fuck