A young woman riled up Redditors and landed some kudos after she told her parents she was going to put them in a home. The backstory that follows is loaded with family drama and bad assumptions. You definitely don’t want to miss out on this one!
She Bolted When She Could
OP is a young woman who lives in a pricey city on the west coast of the United States.
She grew up in South Asia, but bolted from her parents’ home at the first chance she got.
They Had Plans for Her
OP loves her parents, but they made it clear all her life that they expected her to spend her life at home caring for them and her older brother.
She Wanted Something More
But OP had other plans, so she worked hard in school and landed a partial scholarship.
She Had to Make Ends Meet
Then she worked a job all through college to pay her expenses and earned a full scholarship for her graduate work.
She Has a Great Life
After all that school work, OP came out with two degrees and almost no debt.
She also set herself up for a career she loves and ended up married to a wonderful man.
They Know What Lies Ahead
OP and her husband are now expecting their first child, and they both agreed that they want two kids total.
They’re going to stop at that point, with her hubby going for a vasectomy.
He Took a Different Path
Meanwhile, OP’s parents paid for her brother’s education, and he has also built a good life for himself.
But he has a big family, with five kids and a wife who stays at home to raise them.
They Know What They Want
OP’s brother sends all his kids to private schools, so he has a huge financial burden as the sole breadwinner.
Though his wife also has a degree, they have chosen to be a one-income family, which OP says is their right.
They Were Coming to Stay
Recently, though, OP’s parents told her they were selling their home and coming to live with her and her husband.
They knew that OP has a large home with an extra suite, so they figured it was their right as her parents.
They Didn’t Fit Into the Plans
But OP talked it over with her husband and told him she didn’t want her parents there.
He agreed, especially since the young couple had their life planned out.
She’ll Care for Them in Her Own Way
So OP told her parents that they could not move in with her, but she offered an alternative.
In particular, she told them to send her the money from the proceeds of selling their home, and she would find them a nice retirement community to move into and pay their bills until they died.
She Was Ungrateful
OP’s parents hated that idea! They told her it was her duty as their daughter to take care of them in their old age.
They called her ungrateful for even suggesting anything else.
Talk to Her Lawyer
At that point, OP was done with her parents’ drama.
So she sent them enough money to pay for their rent and living expenses for a year, and she told them to go through her lawyer if they had anything else to say to her.
They All Attacked Her
Now, OP is being hounded by family in both the United States and in her parents’ home country.
They think she is cruel and ungrateful, and they want her to take her folks in.
It’s Her Duty
Like her parents, the rest of OP’s family is telling her that it’s her duty to take care of them now.
He Doesn’t Understand Her
OP’s brother got in on the act, too, telling her that she was making the family look bad.
He thinks she should take care of their parents, too, and doesn’t understand why she’s fighting it.
She’ll Cut Him Off Too
But OP gave her brother a couple choices if he didn’t like her plan.
He could either take in their parents himself or just never bring up the topic again.
Failing that, OP was prepared to cut him off, too.
She Won’t Back Down
Now OP wonders if maybe she was too harsh with her parents and her brother, but she has no intention of changing her mind.
Redditors overwhelmingly support OP’s decision to not allow her parents to move in with her. They say it’s her life and she doesn’t owe them anything.
Many commenters are in awe of OP and think she has amazing courage to be so strong in the face of such hefty family pressures.
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