i’m 14. this morning i woke up and my mom came into my room and told me she signed me up for tennis lessons. this saturday..it was really random. i don’t play tennis at all.

she used to signed me up for stuff i didn’t want to do since like 4th grade.

in 4th grade she made me take dance lessons. then in 5th grade she made me go visit a hula class to try it but i was really shy and i just stood there. she made me go twice. and then my mom was watching me and while we were there i remember i started crying because she was yelling at me. then like summer after 6th grade she signed me up for volleyball lessons but i did not go. she signed me up for sports camp with all sports and it was the worst experience of my life.

she told me before sports camp that if i did not like it then she wouldn’t sign me up for anything ever again. of course sports camp was horrible..so she hasn’t for a while.

but now i’m a freshman and i decided to do cross country for like half the season. but i hated it and i quit..the cross country team started out with 25 people and ended up with 7 because everyone quit.

this morning, my mom came into my room. she told me i’m doing a tennis lesson this saturday at noon. and she has known the guy who teaches tennis for a while now. and she told me that he told her about this girl who took tennis lessons from him so she got a scholarship to a good private high scool and she went to a good college.

so i started yelling and i was like are you kidding me you’re so stupid. she told me it’s for my own physical development. and then she took away my laptop and i stayed in my room crying for an hour.

then later i went downstairs to her and she started telling me i’m spoiled and that i should be grateful. and i need to do sports to be an interesting person. but i do get good grades. i’m in 2 honors classes and not many other freshman are in honors classes. in both classes i am the only white person. everyone else is either asian or a sophomore. my mom told me that when i’m older no one is going to care i got good grades and that if i do sports i will be an interesting person.

and she told me her mom used to make her do music lessons when she was younger but she didn’t want to and she told me she has regret it so many times.

wtf. my mom is really stubborn and does not understand things like this. what can i do for her to understand i don’t NEED to do tennis lessons or play sports.

she thinks doing sports is the only way i will get successful in life.