How Can I Get Out of This?

How Can I Get Out of This?
Posted by Clay on June 09, 2002 at 22:55:29: Previous Next

Ok, I'm 15, just got out of my freshman year at high school, and my mom can be a jerk about my hair. The usual procedure goes as follows: I get my hair cut, I'm allowed to grow it out for about a month, and somewhere she tells me I need to get it trimmed. Then she completely changes her view and tells me to get it cut short, and then we argue, and then I get it cut. She usually makes me cut it around the 3-4 inch vicinity. Anyway, she's been working a lot lately, and hasn't had time to notice, but now it's 4 1/2" in front and a little over 2" in the back. She has told me to get it trimmed and has changed her story again, and is beginning to yell at me to get it cut. However, I've been fighting this war with her for way too long (somewhere between 3 and 4 years), and I am sick of it. So, my plan is to throw down an ultimatum, and refuse to get it cut. I figure there's no way she can physically force me to do it, and her only source of power is to ground me. And, if I take the grounding, and don't give in, she can't make me cut my hair. My only concern is how long this will last; is there anything I can do that might influence her to let up on the grounding, other than a haircut? I do make all A's in honors classes, and have never gotten in trouble, I can definitely use that on her. Does anyone else have any other ideas?


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