My mother won't allow me to visit my friend's houses.

My(18F) mother(56F) has refused for years to allow me to visit my friends' houses. Whether it be for a birthday party, sleepover, or just visiting in general.

The excuse has always been the same. Either she finds it odd that people don't want to come to our house, she doesn't know the parents of that friend, or she says, "You never know what goes on in people's houses".

For the first excuse, I feel that my mother does not understand the concept that I never invite people to our house, and that is why they do not come to our house. I do not want people to come to our house, as simple as that.

The way I see it, we live in a relatively secluded area, where not many of my peers live. I feel it would be unfair to ask the majority of my friends to travel all the way to my house to hang out, when some of my friends live within walking distance of one another, and it would be a lot more convenient to visit one another's households.

There's also just pretty much nothing to do at my house because I live in a very strict and religious household, so anything provocative that my friends may want to do is not allowed. And that could be anything from watching your everyday Netflix series to just having our normal everyday conversations that would not align with my mother's views.

I feel like I'm doing my whole family a favour by not inviting my friends over, especially since I have very separate views from my family and that kind of reflects in the people I hang out with.

(For some background, my friends and I are currently in our first years at different universities, and we don't get to see each other as often. One of my friends invited me to come watch a movie at her house, and I'm nervous my mother is going to give her usual reaction.)