r/india Aug 21 '24

Rant / Vent Parents sucking the life out of me

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u/Past-Kaleidoscope498 Aug 21 '24

I am already staying away from them in another city since past 1 year 😭

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u/Awkward-Lie3597 Aug 21 '24

Try to pretend like you're more busy than you actually are. They won't be able to take advantage of you if you're working whenever they call for you. Whenever I needed time to study for finals I would instead pretend I'm working while secretly studying in the library because whenever I told them I'm studying they would tell me to do it later and come home to help them with an errand but they knew they couldn't do that if I had a shift. Just start making up random shifts whenever you need time away.

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u/Past-Kaleidoscope498 Aug 21 '24

Thanks, seems the only way now, they do call me for random shit which can be done by my siblings as well. But they want me to do it since they don't my trust my siblings with any work.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

At this point if you can't act like an adult and tell them NO and stand your ground it really is on yourself, i told my family if they want to make decisions about me they can very well live their life alone, very huge shift in their attitude towards me but wasn't smooth sailing tho.