Social Stigma: Parents

[Xantar]

I guess it depends what you're looking for when you go out. When I'm shopping for a TV, I make sure to bring my dad because he's a cinemaphile. He'll know which models are good and what to look for to get me the best experience. Similarly, my mom knows where to get the best ingredients when I want to cook something, so I ask her advice a lot.

But I don't go out with them to have fun most of the time. They don't like the kind of movies I like or the music I like. And since they don't drink, they certainly won't hang out at bars with me.

On the other hand, I don't know how much of this is because of our ages and how much of it is because my parents are immigrants. At a fundamental level, they don't understand a major portion of my life.

I will say, though, that your 20s is usually thought to be the time when you're supposed to be on your own, making your way in the world, and figuring things out independently. You're expected to be able to do things without needing help from your parents. So maybe going out with your parents to do things is viewed in sort of the same way as when you go over to your parents' house to do the laundry.