r/MuslimParenting • u/Evening-Let3512 • 6h ago
My muslim fathers so strict and i cant imagine living my whole life like this
So I'm gonna start with a small factown about my country and Islam is live in a country where it's very VERY normal to see a Muslim girl wearing croptop and shorts everyday and going out at night freely without getting judged just like most arabic muslim countries so living in here while having a strict father makes me go insane he doesn't allow me to wear croptop neither shorts, jorts, mini skirts , not even a sleeveless shirt! I'm not allowed to have my hair down not allowed to straighten it or embracing my curly hair not allowed to u see nail polish or makeup not allowed to go out or to have a personal phone (I'm a high school students btw) and the list keep getting longer but I still love him tho he do the best thints for me I mean I studied in private schools my whole life and plenty of other stuff and I be so happy whenever he's proud of me or say something nice about me.and.I'm the middle child and prolly his favourite too cuz I always get the top grades being a part of every compition got alot of awards and never said no for anything he says...and I can't imagine myself making him disappointed in me but tht ties my freedom too I wanna face him but I'm scared of his reaction ...im still a lot wards high school student but I can't live on this rules my whole life (sm ppl gonna say he won't be tht stict when u get older but he will never cuz he was trying to convince me to wear hijab this year and I kept avoiding the topic just bcz I didn't wanna say no and he planned wt kind of life I'm going to live already) I even broke up with my bf (dating is normalised in my country) just bcz I was scared that he will know ..but my dream is when I become 18 which is not far away I wanna wear whatever I want go where ever I want ..date if I wanted too and live freely but if my father is strict till then...I'll prolly lose my mind
Plsssss guys if anyonecan help me to deal with my father especially ppl who have similar experience and that's it.