Mother making me go to baccalaureate?

Hey, me again, this time with another question. Recently, my mother asked me what I was going to wear to baccalaureate. I told her nothing, since as it wasn't a required event, and we weren't Christian, it didn't make sense for us to go. Unfortunately, this started a massive argument, the kind that takes a half an hour and ends with both parties feeling slighted. During the argument, I asked why she thought this was so important, and she replied by saying that everyone expected me to be there, which also confused me, because no one in my family's Christian. Then she claimed that after all the work she put in as a parent, she deserved this. I replied that wanting me to go to important events is fine, but not when its express purpose (in this case, dedicating students to God,) completely clashes with both my and what I assumed was the rest of my family's beliefs. Am I in the right here, or am I just being a jerk?

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Permalink Reply by Tyler Wayne Perdue on May 7, 2012 at 6:26am

And as I said earlier, I've realized how much of a jerk I was and went to the ceremony...

Permalink Reply by Omar on May 9, 2012 at 2:34am

It's not all about us, sometimes we should do things for others.. in this case your mom.

It's hard for us to do this sometimes because a lot of us are part of the "me" generation ;)

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