Annoying inversed scolding

Is it just me or when I slack off and do little my parents just drop a "what are you going to do when you're married" now and then, but when I'm actually productive, like faire la vaisselle, faire la lessive, cuisiner, ramasse les bouts de papiers qui trainnent, tente de réparer l'ordi, écrire des proses, lire des romans et faire des exercises physiques, they go like "do something! if you don't do anything you're not going far!" And their tone was totally serious. They meant it. It was not to compliment my progress at all.

Why?