Strict parenting can sometimes make growing up feel impossible.

This woman is 21, but still living with her strict parents.

She feels like she is being treated like a child, while her younger brother is allowed to do whatever he likes.

She finally reached a breaking point when her parents decided to ground her for attending a friend’s birthday party,

Read the full story below and share your thoughts.

AITA for leaving to stay at a friend’s after my parents grounded me at 21, while my younger brother does whatever he wants?

I (21F) still live at home while finishing school and working part-time.

My parents are really strict with me.

If I go out, I have to answer a bunch of questions about where I’m going, who I’ll be with, and exactly when I’ll be home.

If I’m even a little late, I get texts, calls, and a lecture waiting for me.

This young woman thinks it’s unfair that her younger brother gets to do whatever he wants.

Meanwhile, my younger brother is 18.

And he basically does whatever he wants.

He stays out all night and doesn’t check in.

He sometimes skips classes, and my parents just laugh it off like it’s nothing.

She was invited to a friend’s birthday, and she went there without telling her parents.

Last weekend, I was invited to a friend’s birthday.

I knew if I asked, I’d get grilled with questions and probably told not to go.

So I just left without saying anything.

I came back late, and my parents completely lost it.

They yelled at me and said I disrespected them.

They actually told me I was grounded… at 21.

She snapped at them for grounding her and walked out of the house.

I snapped and told them they only try to control me because I’m their daughter.

While my brother gets away with everything.

Then I packed a bag and went to stay with a friend for two nights.

My parents blew up my phone, saying I embarrassed them and humiliated the family.

She feels guilty, but also thinks she had to do what she did to prove a point.

Now, they say I can’t “come back properly” until I apologize.

I feel guilty for sneaking out and maybe scaring them.

But at the same time, I feel like I had no choice if I ever want to be treated like an adult.

So, AITA for walking out and staying at a friend’s instead of accepting being grounded at 21?

Let’s read the responses of other people to this story.

This person suggests not coming back.

Here’s a similar thought from this one.

You shouldn’t feel guilty for sneaking out, says this user.

This one has a valid question.

Finally, short and simple.

As long as you’re living under your parents’ roof, you have to follow their rules.

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