Privacy Invasion by Parents
On the fourth of July, I went out with some friends to have a good time. While I was out, my father discovered that my MySpace account was still open and he read through my messages. He discovered more than nine hundred messages between me and one of my best guy friends, talking about my secret relationship with my girlfriend and how I had been sneaking out to see her, as well as other things I’ve done. It turns out he also found some other very personal private blogs I’ve written as a diary and he now knows how I feel about living and how I think the religion I’ve grown up around isn’t relevant. He’s very Christian and hates homosexuality. I am now grounded for who knows how long and he gets to “monitor†my MySpace account when I get my computer back.
Comments
The issue here isn’t your privacy (or lack thereof), but your father’s lack of acceptance. Through my teen years, I was completely open with my parents and they didn’t agree with some of my choices (i.e., my agnosticism); however, we did maintain a very healthy relationship.
My parents are fine with who I am.
I guess you just learned a big lesson about leaving your online accounts open so that anyone can sit down at your computer and read them.