cell phone

i can never have any privacy if i cant have my own cell phone.

ive been asking my dad all week, but he says no. he thinks ill end up like the other non-working kids when i said NO i wouldn’t. i solely want my own because i want my own privacy and my own freedom because im also sick of not getting appreciated for my perfect grades and me working hard. everyone has their own phone except for me in my school. even every preppy kid in my family, even the ones YOUNGER then me have their own cell phone, and they are allowed to do whatever they want. and my dad wants me to be like them, he just likes to brush my hard work aside

im going to print this post out and leave it on my dinner table before i go to sleep, so my dad can see exactly how i feel before he leaves for his job in the early morning. im so pissed off its not even funny. im feeling totally unappreciated.

and to whoever who will be posting a rude comment in less then 2 seconds, keep your sick twisted post to yourself, i will not tolerate any of that crap since i’m already upset. im not in the mood, and so pissed off that i’ll bite back viciously with a sharp tongue. i dont care if you get offended either.

EDIT: Wow, like Sara516 said here, there is more immaturity in other people’s posts then in mine.

What really sickens me and just makes me feel worse is that my dad will dish out around 200 dollars to other family members, like for an audio system, then for a phone. i’m not even asking for that much and he still thinks im immature. he hurts me by curt comments day by day, which is really starting to tick me off now.

i never had birthday presents, nor gifts of any other nature. i want the freedom to call whoever i want, to text whoever i want, and to have my privacy of my own, because my family members are people that can easily walk into anything i intend to keep to myself only.
i don’t think im too young anyway, i think my age is appropiate. my cousins who my dad flatters each day have cell phones for some years now, and they are great cell phones. they got them when they worked HARD in school, the same damn thing i’m trying to do. my dad just doesn’t understand that, and doesn’t want to either.
and its not just in america…i’ve seen plenty of people having their own cell phones in my old school too…every single family member of mine had a phone, even the younger kids.
it’s humiliating to see my dad giving something like a computer, a laptop, a sound system, to someone else thats like 4 times then a cell phone would cost. it makes me feel unworthy.

sometimes, its just not only cell phones. i feel unworthy in other situations too: my mother bought a watch which she promised to give me but gave to someone else, my father giving his own nieces a beautiful digital camera and other electronics, etc when all i get is nothing but crap. it makes me feel like bs too.

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I had the same problem when I was a kid. Cell phones had just become popular among high schoolers and they were all coming in with fancy phones. I had no phone and no car. My dad was working 3 jobs and so he didn't want to spend money unnecessarily and he told me that you can always call us from the school phone if you need us.

Looking back on it, I appreciate not having the latest gadgets because otherwise I would take that sort of stuff for granted.

They did eventually get me a phone but only because I was driving on my own and they didn't want me to be stuck on the road with no way of calling.

My cousins - same thing. No one is allowed to have a phone. Especially with the way kids are abusing it these days. I'm not sure I would give my kid a phone until they were driving by themselves.

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And for the record, I had straight A's every quarter and I got nothing for it. Friggin morons at school got straight C's they were given 50 bucks for not failing the quarter. I do think my mom bought me a pizza a couple of times though.

I think it makes you stronger. ;)

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I can understand your frustration but at the same time, I think your parents and alot of people here, may feel you're too young to have a cell phone, as you're only 14.

Also, what do you need the privacy and freedom for?

Trust me....you win over parents much more easily when you talk to them with a calm and rational mind, rather than whining or getting angry (not saying thats what you're doing...but if your emotions are negative then it may come across like that to them).

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Hey GA…i never had a cell phone untill i got married :bummer:

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Whats wrong with GS today :mad:

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I didn't have a cell phone untill yesterday! :) How does that make you feel? LMAOOOOO

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i didnt have a cell phone until i got division 1 in my last year of o levels......good your parents arent giving you one, you're too young for it

(plus it makes me happy that i wasnt the only who got one so late:))

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guardianangel, grow up :o

no, you are doing it for your own good. if you get rubbish grade, you fail none but yourself :rolleyes:

need a sharpener? we do not endorse cannibalism here :o

that makes it the two of us.

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when i was a kid and I asked my dad for a cellphone he said no, mostly because they were not really around much in the 80s and expensive and looked like a brick, but I was pissed off regardless. I too, shall print out this page and give it to my dad so he can see and know how ticked off I was.

well said:k:
today’s kids can be so immature for their age:chai:

you planning to give your kids one too anytime soon?

they are 4 so no real need now, but I do plan to give them one when they are older. they have kid friendly phones now with a few preprogrammed numbers and emergency calls. not sure what the right age is though, I will figure it out i suppose, or scan posts here when my daughter complaints about me in a few years :D

i’ll get one like this for my babies too…mashallah it’s so good that you have a daughter:phati:…well i guess it wont be long before she demands to have a cell, time flies so fast:D

I see more immaturity here than in Guardian Angel’s post. :slight_smile:

Now for flooding and hijacking threads, there’s cafe. Kindly make your way there. :slight_smile:

80s? did peoples had cell phones in 80s? :hmmm:

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Kids. :rolleyes:

Well…back in my day…:naak:

yup, sure did.
mostly car phones i.e. installed in cars,
the mobile phones came with a larger battery thing which was the size of a lunchbox

the brick phone was like a yuppie status symbol, when I had opportunities to borrow it, man that was something else.