carg sorry guess I shouldn't post if not being clear.
Jen I shouldn't post if not being clear.
Well, it would help if you tried a bit harder to be clear, I guess especially for those who have a harder time with English anyway. Sometimes I write a text in a text editor like Notepad first, and read it over once or even twice before I post it, but for me that is mostly useful if I have something that is not easy to put into words, like when there are delicate feelings involved and I want to try to prevent stepping on toes. On the other hand, like I mentioned before, your way of writing seems to mirror your current emotional stability, which is also useful to know. In that aspect it is a bit surprising that you were harder to follow, while you seem content with your current situation.
Jen need 2 nights to get a lesson
Ah, yes. That is a more logical explanation of your text "Lessons are still 2 nights", than that you suddenly got 2 evening lessons per week 
So the price of the lessons hasn't gone up; there were just added extra rewards you can earn.
So I assume you are for now trying to do the belt every afternoon, which would mean that to earn your driving lessons, you need to be in the belt continuously from straight after school (or 4PM) until you get up the next morning, twice a week. That must be pretty challenging.
somehow i am worried. i find it a bit scary that your mother is already talking about it being normal for you and that the rules have become stricter again. please make sure that you keep control.
carg So the price of the lessons hasn't gone up; there were just added extra rewards you can earn.
it seems so, i'm really not sure if i understood everything, but the autralian driving school system alone is very complicated in my opinion. with me it was like with you in the netherlands, i could only drive with a driving instructor and i could take the test when my driving instructor said yes.
Angelina the autralian driving school system alone is very complicated in my opinion
As far as I know it is not complicated. You need to fulfil at test to show you know the street rules. Any adult which fulfil the requirement, I don't remember what exact it was, can be you instructor. In sum you need min. 100 driving hours in the city , during night on the free-way or highway, etc. It is better to have more than 100 hours because it can be they don't accept some of it. Than you make your driving test. Done
Angelina Maybe you can make her a counteroffer, something like a deal.
It could work,yes.
Good news for driving,but harder part with the belt.
However,if you still plan to wear it "semi-permanently" after a while,I think too it would be easier if you consider it more normal.
Jen Yes..I guess.
Good,so!
Jen rewards to encourage
Not exactly the case,as,if you don't wear it,you don't have driving lessons...
Joh In sum you need min. 100 driving hours in the city , during night on the free-way or highway, etc
yes i understood that. but i didn't understand how many of them have to be done with a driving instructor and how many can be done with the parents.
Sin Yeah nah oi stop speakin strayan on an innanational forum ya bogan, no one can unnastanya cept me ay.
even the google translator has reached its limits 
Its so humid today. Belt is yucky 
carg In that aspect it is a bit surprising that you were harder to follow, while you seem content with your current situation.
Hah you should be a psychologist yeah not really happy - the belt is fine - but the timetable is like controlling my life too much. I want to go out tomorrow - it's a holiday - but do i have to be home by 4 or what it's stupid it's like I've got a curfew.
The belt is good though. Trying to fit it myself was stupid it's so much better since dad's been helping. The hip band at the back you can't see yourself. (And if anyone has weird ideas I only pull my pants down just enough to see the band).
The fitting has made the crotch better too, I can get a little space but it normally sits snug. 
Still secure - not enough space to be usefull - but more comfy and can clean a bit.
Jen I want to go out tomorrow - it's a holiday - but do i have to be home by 4
Perhaps you should consider having your mother put the belt on you before going out then 
Then you can stay away as long as you'd like, and are also well-protected against unwelcome attentions from partying males.
By the way, do you indeed two afternoons + nights per week now to both earn the lessons and the practice? You already have done 24 hours once, so you know what it is, and now the belt is not physically bothering you much anymore. But doing it twice a week is probably still quite hard, especially mentally.
The belt should have a warning: don't negotiate while wearing 
I've agreed to wearing half the time - 12 hours a day locked average. 
that gets me lessons and practice. But no more worrying about specific times - they'll let me know if getting behind - otherwise doesn't matter. So I'm wearing it tonight and won't need it tomorrow.
carg Perhaps you should consider having your mother put the belt on you before going out then
no thanks. Also I do all the belt stuff - I put it on and take it off and clean it. They just give me a key for a minute to unlock.
Jen I've agreed to wearing half the time - 12 hours a day locked average.
Wow, that's going fast. It was only 3 days that you reported going from 2 days or nights per week to 7x afternoon + evening + 2 nights.
I don't see how 12 hours a day will work on school days: if you are not going to wear it outside the house then you'd have to wear it every school night !? (considering the night lasts about 8 hours, and 12 hours belted at home, would leave only 4 hours for school + travel, let alone meeting with friends, etc.)
Jen The belt should have a warning: don't negotiate while wearing
Perhaps you should first share your negotiation results here before you agree - that would give you some thinking time and hopefully a more balanced deal. Because I'm sure your parents won't stop here, now that they've got you this far.
You might even start to feel naked without the belt, once you've got your driving license and stop wearing it
