“Trapped Under the Chopper: 40 Adults Reveal the Dark Truths of Growing Up with Helicopter Parents”
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#12
Went No Contact with my helicopter mom in May of 2018. I was 25.
She sent me bi-weekly emails trying to talk to me. Texted me random things like a photo of her cat, from her phone and her husband's phone.
Her last email consisted of her telling me she was going to come over to my house and if I wasn't there, she was going to come to my work to find me. A week after that email, I packed up everything and moved 1200 miles away without telling her. She messaged a "woe is me" sob story to my SO's mom about how "worried" she is because she "can't find me". Still talks to her to this day.
Then on this past Saturday, she calls my job and says, "Hi Switched, this is mom." I hung up immediately and am now seriously searching for jobs. I don't care what it is, I need to change jobs NOW.
I'd get a restraining order but she is *just* out of the legal requirement for stalking. A lawyer laughed at me when I asked them if I can have one.
edit: A week after, not 5 days. She sent me that email on June 21st and I bounced on June 28th.
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#13
My parents track my location at all times now. (I’m 27) . That way they don’t call the cops if I don’t pick up within 30 min….which has happened multiple times …
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#14
My parents weren’t really helicopter parents until I was in high school, and then it was f*****g insane. I was in high school about 10 years ago now, but cell phones were the norm, access to social media was pretty regular, etc. My parents responded to one of my not-so-great moments as a 17 year-old by taking away my phone, only letting me use my computer in the same room as them with the screen facing them at all times, would pick me up and drop me off from school, wouldn’t let me visit my friends and would only let approved friends come to my house, installed cameras throughout the house so that when they weren’t there they could make sure I wasn’t going anywhere, etc.
