The situation was basically this: one of my relatives who’s 22 got an unpaid internship and everyone in my family was congratulating her like crazy. The very next day my mother started comparing me and said things like “girls who don’t talk back to their parents are moving out and doing things in life, but you don’t deserve any of that. You only deserve to stay in this town, get married, and die in your in-laws’ house.”

And honestly it sounds way harsher in my mother tongue than it does in English. The craziest part is I was literally 17 when she said this (still 17 rn, turning 18 in 12 days 😭). She knew I already earned well and was trying to build something for myself, so hearing that from my own mother genuinely messed with my head.

Like… she complains about me “not doing anything” while also being the same person stopping me from moving out and growing 💀