User blog:LoudFanWolf/I understand her

Lori Loud is a typical 17 year old girl; she's on her phone.... A LOT, She's OBSESSED with her boyfriend, she wants to be left alone in her room, and, if it wasn't obvious, she's got an attitiude. But I've heard some people ask why she seems to have this attitude; why is she so angry? Why does she want to be alone wth herself in her bedroom all the time? And why does she have this kinda pessimistic attitude sometimes? After doing some thinking, and watching "Garage Banned" over and over agian, I've come to a conclusion. Lori is 17 years old, one year closer to turning 18, furthermore, one year closer to becoming a young adult, even furthermore, one year closer to going to college, even FURTHERmore, one year closer to start tackling the responsibilities of not only being in college, but becoming an adult. Call me crazy, but in my opinion, Lori Loud is an internally a nervous, anxious wreck, which she covers up (although not very well) by being bossy, angry, and being a loner in her room. Although these things are typical for a teenage girl to do, it really make me pity her, because if "Garage Banned" has taught me anything, it's that Lori does want to try and be more of an adult and be repsonsible for herself, but she can't because her siblings need her. Also, they really should have showed the real hardships of being an adult and living on your own, but since this show is for kids, the writers just went with "let's make being an adult look boring."

One thing my parents crammed into my head before I even turned 10, was that being an adult is one of the most challenging things in the world, all the heavy responsibilities, all the pressure of needing to know what you want to do with your life by the time your 18, it's something they wanted me to be prepared for. I am now 19 (turning 20 in March) and a sophomore in college, and I have an idea of what I want to do with my life, but I can tell you right now that I am not prepared for it in the least bit, and I don;t think Lori really is either. Have we ever seen Lori talk about what she want to do with her life, or have we even hints about what she might do? Texting, being alone in her room, bossing people around; that's not really hinting at any career opportunities in the future, and for someone who's really close to the age where she really should start thinking about that, she really doesn't look like she;s thinkintg that hard. But, to be fair, that is also something I can fully understand; there have many times in the two years that i have been a young adult where I have thought "But I don;t want to think to about these resposnisbilities right now" or "I'm scared of being an adult" or even "I can't grow up now, I can't let go of my childhood yet." Has Lori shown how resposnibile she can be for her siblings? Sure! But I don't think we've really seen how repsonsible Lori is for herself, or if she's even ready to take reposnsibility for herself. Liike I said, all "Garage Banned" did was show Lori how living alone can be boring, and it didn't show her all the other repsonsiblities that you have of living as an adult and being on your own, or if she could even handle all that

Now, I know what you're thinking "You're really overnalyzing Lori right now, because honestly, she has never shown any fear or doubt about the responsibilities of being an adult." Well, let me ask you this, do women ever talk about their hidden feelings openly? That;s what I thought. Even though Lori doesn't really show it, I can tell she's feeling it by the way she acts. Why? Beecause that's the way my own sister acted before she went off to college.

Now, I don't know how old most of you are, but if you really don't understand what I'm talking about, trust me, you will eventually, and it may or may not be ugly. That's just the way life is. Does my analysis make any sense? Let me know in the comments. I really love honest criticism, so let me have it!