<p>yeah, so I would say 90-95% of my conversation with my mom is her lecturing me, which I don't really enjoy (I know its for my own good and so on, but still). So what do you do to get your parents to stop when they are about to begin a very long lecture?
Change the subject? I dunno, doesn't seem to work very well haha.
Looking for ingeniousity here :P</p>
<p>Make them feel like it’s not doing any good.</p>
<p>Just kinda look indifferent, grunt every once in a while
Don’t look bored or anything…just completely emotion-less. </p>
<p>And then they’re just like…wow, this totally isn’t working. At least that’s what I did. Now she asks me questions and it’s more like a conversation. We have some good laughs about her lecturing days though. She would just spend like an hour and I would just …sit there. And when she got done it was like completely useless and she just wasted an hour of her time basically talking to a wall.</p>
<p>^LOL @ smile614.</p>
<p>You could just tell her… that it’s quite pointless to lecture, and let her know that you want to have a mature converstion/discussion about whatever it is she’s talking about. That way, at least you have some input. Otherwise RUN AWAY AND NEVAAAR COME HOME!!!</p>
<p>I agree with the two above posters.</p>
<p>But if you’re immature like me: You could also pretend to have a quite intense coughing fit, though that can get a bit painful (I know from experience)…</p>
<p>The only lecture I get is that even though they’ll be making ~$200,000, they still won’t pay more than 20K for college education because they see college as a stepping stone to Medical school so I should just stick with UF and not shoot for big schools like Johns Hopkins, etc. for undergrad.</p>
<p>It’s a bit annoying…so I’ll just be like “Uh huh…okay…I get you…”</p>
<p>thanks for the advice 
hehe it actually worked a bit, with the whole indifferent thing. I tried it yesterday when my mom launched into another lecture, but because I didn’t say anything the whole time she was talking, her lecture ammunition ran out. I would say the length was cut by 1/2. 
lol… I never thought of it, but coughing is a good last resort, if nothing else is working.</p>
<p>The worst part is:
“You don’t even know what you’re saying! You’re just a dumb teenager. Listen to me, I know everything that’s right for you.”</p>
<p>^Haha once my mom said something like that. I mean, not as harsh but basically “I’m the grown-up, I have more experience, I know what’s right for you” kinda thing
And I just kinda nodded, no expression on my face and boy, she was confused.</p>
<p>That was a while ago though. </p>
<p>But the key is to not talk back or get upset or be immature. They hate that and it’ll just fuel their anger or whatever even more.</p>
<p>I blast my ipod to full volume while they’re talking.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know. I called my mother a ***** because she was telling me how I could have done better than a full ride to Rice (what the ****) and now I feel really bad about it. But seriously.</p>
<p>Your parents see you growing up and realize they have only a small window of time before you are out of the house. So the lectures are the last ditch efforts to prepare you for adulthood.</p>
<p>reassure them that you’ll be fine and you can take care of yourself</p>