That curfew you hated will make a lot more sense the first time someone you love is late getting home.

Rules that feel like distrust are often fear with a time attached to them. A curfew is somebody running arithmetic about roads and phones and the dark, and the arithmetic looks completely different from the side that has to stay awake. You are not required to enjoy it. It does help to know what it actually is.

Next time a rule at home lands badly, ask what the person is worried about instead of arguing about the hour. You can still disagree, and the conversation goes better. You will be the one waiting up eventually.