18 And A Half

It is not easy being 18 and I don't mean those silly problems everyone immediately thinks about. I mean the real hard problems that comes with being 18. Like who your going to vote for? Now that you are able to buy spray paint, will you? Will you smoke just because you can, now? Will you get married to your first boyfriend? Will you get a tattoo? Well those are the problems all 18 year olds face. Some 18 year olds already answered those qustions before they even became 18. Now ontop of those problems we all have our own specific problems we face by just being us. Im 18 now and in just 5 months ill be 19. Ive never bought spray paint, never smoked or ever will, don't have a tattoo (i'd like to get one in the future), I didn't marry my boyfriend, and I did vote for the governer for georgia last November. (I won't tell anyone my support in politics because that's not why I have this blog.)

When I turned 18 my life changed. It changed into a bigger version of Hell. For 18 years I have been locked into the house. Sounds bad when I say it like that. The doors were unlocked but I was locked away with what any family calls house rules. I wasn't allowed to go outside without an adult. Not even into our fenced in backyard. Not even if my dog went with me. I wasn't allowed to hang out with friends outside of school either. My entire social life was, friends at school, family at home. It's like I was living a double life. That double life never changed. Until I turned 18. I can go hang out with my best friend. I can walk my dog in the back yard. I got me a job. In fact, my first day of work was the very next day after I turned 18. Augest 20th 2018 was my first day of work. Now that im 18 there is things my parents can't hide from me anymore. Like the fact that I have a whole other family. I'll talk more about that later. My advice for anyone reading this and your 18 or soon to be 18, don't let your parents try to plan your entire life. It's your life not theirs. Don't overdo it though. I trust that you would be smart in what you rebel against and what you don't. If your not sure, then hold your tongue and stick around for more of my posts.