I’m turning 18 tomorrow and I feel like time has flown by so fast. My parents are throwing me a huge party, my dad’s idea, of course, and it’s nonnegotiable because he wants his business partners and rich friends to show up with gifts. If you’ve seen my previous posts, you already know my dad has a bit of a greedy streak, lol.
When I turned 18 my parents took me out to dinner and joked about me paying for everyone since I was an adult now. It became clear quickly that the joke was how they actually felt and within months they had moved to a new home in which i was not invited to live. I say enjoy the part the best you can and try not to get dragged into the bullshit.
Wild to me how yall are only raised til 18 because they have to do it, why even have kids, just to say you did?
My personal case was probably more to having a step parent. My younger sibling that shared both parents got his college paid for, multiple cars, and didn’t get pushed into anything like I did. Your case still stands in general.
That’s shitty. I’m sorry your parents (both real and step) were such terrible people. Hopefully you did okay despite their best efforts.
Yeah, I’m doing ok now. It’s a total cliche, but It did “build character” I suppose. It’s still a little weird to me to see people that have deep relationships with their family as adults, but it is what it is.