Personal Narrative: My Helicopter Family

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The relationship between my mother and I is healthy, however, she is a “helicopter mom.” Leaving the house is impossible unless she knows every detail beforehand. Despite this, she still texts me frequently after I left the house. It is understandable her knowing that I am okay comforts her, but her worry is on an intolerable level.
In this situation we discussed how I should travel to my boyfriend’s house in Chicago this summer. When explaining I wanted to go to Chicago area near the end of the summer, she quickly suggested that the whole family could drive me. The drive from Ames to where my boyfriend lives is around six hours. I can not drive on my own because old age has not treated my car kindly. My mother’s idea involved the family dropping me off at my boyfriend’s house while they stay in a hotel during the trip. She added appeal by suggesting that we can go shopping and go out to dinner in the Windy City. I shut the idea down instantly. At that moment, I did not realize why I turned her idea down without hesitating, but now I realized that …show more content…
I thought that this was interesting because I never considered myself to have this quality. Reflecting on this, I have always felt that I am not sure about people’s emotions in situations. This is because people, years ago, told me that I am not good at reading people’s emotions. Therefore, after listening to that, I started to not include it in how I want others to see me (positive face). Everyone’s interpersonal skills improve with practice, but I still believe that I do not agree with Chris. While it does not hurt to have this attribute, it did threaten my positive face. This is not a skill that I would like to have others seen I have, because I would rather people see me as kind or helpful instead of misinterpreting my skill for something
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