Parents Disowned Me for Refusing to Fund My Sibling's College-Now They Want Me Back After....

[@Tarotlynx]

You can be somewhat angry at Liam as he knew what was going on and chose to do nothing. Sarah was younger than you and only now figured out what was happening. She was not at fault.

[@joeysonofjohn]

Liam was also a kid, he couldnt have done anything to change the parents behavior. Kids rarely have that ability.

[@Donna.V]

Is every female supporting character in this story really named Sarah? I count 3 of them. Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. 😂

[@GlennSasser]

Guess Sara sounds better then Gertrude

[@MonarchMKUltra]

OP has a warped view of their siblings. Talks about how they could have stepped in to protect them from their parents, but they too were under their parents pressure to live up to their expectations. And OP has the gall to be like, "I don't know if I can forgive them".

[@Tarotlynx]

She doesn't have the right to expect her siblings to defend her, but she does have the right not to forgive them.

[@cathyjolivet]

Abuse has a way of warping ones views.

[@chibalearns40]

​@Tarotlynx to forgive is to imply the other party has something that needs to be forgiven. What did the other siblings do that warrants them need to be forgiven? They take part in the emotional abuse and neglect? Because they are not on the receiving end then they are guilty? Because the brother understood but did nothing and the younger sister didn't understand they are therefore both guilty and have to repent? So those abusive households that all the children are beaten, they are all guilty as well because they were there?

[@blender4464]

​@@Tarotlynxnot really. You can excuse her initial negative views because of her position but she's ignored them too. They had no strength to help her when they were struggling to help themselves, and above all that they were children and it was their own parents abusing them all. There is nothing here that they are to blame for, including being expected to fight their parents whom they were fully dependant on growing up.

[@NessaEllenesse]

Sarah was a minor and couldn't have done anything. Liam was an adult . He could and should have found a way to fund his law school degree himself.

[@ask-128]

the mother should get a job and support her children's education....not Mia's responsibility?

[@SpankDMunky]

Story kind of repeats in the middle. Mom calls OP to say come home, OP talks to brother who apologizes, dad says come home, OP talks to sister who apologizes. I think I saw another commenter say “cookie cutter” story. I agree. 👎🏽

[@renjithraju7124]

So sister is 'sarah', BFF is 'sarah' and aunt is also 'sarah'

[@cathyjolivet]

Sarah is a very common name. I worked one job with two other Cathy's of various spellings.

[@The8thblock]

While thats true, the story maker could have at least changed the names. Also the story literally repeats itself from the ops brother and ops sister. So likely fake​@cathyjolivet

[@DaeganJohn-de5bj]

That's what I statin🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@princessmarlena1359]

“There’s no shame in honest hard work!” “Ok, by that logic then YOU can take up more work to pay for Liam’s and Sarah’s education expenses!”

[@Annitacooney]

Kind of ironic that the problem child brought the kid's together without the toxic parents

[@rayxav]

Ummmm… This sounds like “Encanto” just with an older brother instead of two older sisters.

[@atl7368]

I disagree because they don’t talk about Bruno 😂

[@rayxav]

@@atl7368 Shhhhh! None of us talk about HIM!

[@cathyjolivet]

​@@atl7368😅

[@azimadin137]

Cookie-cutter stories......same plots.....😂

[@TheWheelman298]

Pretty much, im assuming someone set up an ai to write these as theres alot of this same basic type of story lately.

[@TheRaiderman1]

When they don't respect you, they don't get the benefits when things start going well.

[@bjrnmatthiesen2690]

Allowing for storytime, I can't help but want OP to say somehing along the lines of: "So what you're saying is you failed as parents to your *favored* children and it's somehow *my* responsibility to ignore your disdainful treatment, be a good little drone and clean up your mess so you don't have to? (Sarcasm engaged.) That's some solid parenting exemplary behaviour right there! Way to go! (Sarcasm disengaged.) Now bend over and let me show you where to stick it..."

[@garrickschmit1283]

16:50 "tell me what you miss about me" lol

[@Chillingwind-yd2uv]

Why do all these people meet at a coffee shop or cafe? Why not a park? Or fast food spot? Another thing why do they always be surprised about why someone who hadn’t talked to them in a long time or is relevant to the situation contacting them. ( I mean if they haven’t talked to you before the problem but reach out to you after. Maybe it’s about said problem)

[@kevinbadger8030]

Because coffee shops are quieter than fast food places, and in case a scene breaks out, it’s better than a park.

[@pritishbose6611]

good point

[@Chillingwind-yd2uv]

@@kevinbadger8030 you would think that, but in most of these stories they never really have a big blow up. Yeah a little yelling but, nothing dangerous. It also makes no sense because they usually say a small or quiet coffee place but, wouldn’t you want witness if something happens? A fast food place would have eyes everywhere.

[@kevinbadger8030]

@@Chillingwind-yd2uv you would also not be able to hear what the other person is saying in a fast food place if there’s that many people. Coffee shop is a nice middle ground

[@danteerskine7678]

​@@Chillingwind-yd2uvand I've seen a lot of stories with Liam and Sarah too

[@carlosesdrelgomezenriquez4004]

Drinking game, take a shot every time they say "for the first time...."

[@joeysonofjohn]

Liam couldn’t have done anything for the OP. He was a their child too, they wouldnt have listened because 99% of parents dont care about their kids opinions. They were on the same shitty boat just different ends.

[@beagle_is_my_boss1402]

I hate this lol. I hate that the brother and sister only realize after she leaves and are like "omg like we knew it was bad but we never got it until you left and our lives were so hard you know? We got everything we wanted. We were favored and showered with attention. But it was so hard trying to be so perfect because being the golden child is super hard when you're giving all the love and attention in the world and your scapegoat sister is getting ignored and you're like super comfortable with it because you're afraid if you rock the boat you won't be the Golden child anymore. It's so sad man.." yeah no. Screw you guys 😂

[@goatkiller666]

Thinking back to my undergrad years… it was always the joke that the students who were actually in an education degree had an SAT score than the national average… which means they were dumber than the kids they were teaching. I’ve since realized that taking standardized tests is a teachable skill, meaning the scores depend on money, not talent. Also realized I was an arrogant asshole. And that arrogance lead me to bat outcomes. But also, the state of Texas was super short on teachers, so they came up with a program. Where they had previously hired Education majors, now one could get a degree in math or English Lit or whatever. Then you work as a classroom assistant for two years (so, basically a teacher’s apprentice) and get your certificate. And I’ll grant you that assistant teachers earn very little, when full-on teachers are competing against their own students for part-time minimum wage jobs. But they were so short on teachers, you were pretty much Un-fireable. That was the early 90s, so the landscape may have changed. Now you gotta be a marksman. Because the citizens trust teachers enough to want to arm them, but also mistrust teachers teaching biased history, and might fire them for a gay man with a picture of his husband on his desk where the kids might see it.

[@GlennSasser]

You are the middle child.

[@melinz2359]

Maybe, just maybe...

[@smorphous8928]

you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family, and Ops parents think "perfection" will amount to happiness even though it's the opposite. Whats the point 'n being perfect if yo aren't going to be happy in the end.

[@Le7emeChat]

Those AI stories are oddly predictable on main plot and minor point, like the the only place they are different from each others are middle narrative form.

[@corinawyatt3803]

Why is everyone named sarah?

[@sly8balllastname234]

sighed not side.....doesn't anyone use a dictionary any more or look the word up online?

[@DaeganJohn-de5bj]

Girl u being mad at your siblings makes no sense literally everything was parents fault even though Liam was wrong for ignoring it but I promise it ain't that serious however that's just me

[@Yas-ii3hu]

pretty mid, amateur fiction story

[@blakejarvis6526]

All of these stories sre written the same and cover roughly the same subjects, honestly think this guy is using fake stories

[@Donna.V]

We could make a drinking game out of it.😂

[@goatkiller666]

“… gave you everything you needed.” Did you, though? OP needed love and a sense of security. Also, what’s this about “for the family” shit? Dad had to make tough choices? Well, one of those choices was to disown OP. And it is a reasonable response from OP… she was the least member of the family, and the first member get tossed under the bus. Maybe it was malice or benign neglect, they chose to cut off OP. Behavior is communication. They communicated that they care for OP the least (or, at all). They communicated that they didn’t consider OP to be part of the family. If family takes care of family, they didn’t.

[@isawarenshi]

All I could say to how the story started "If I quit school my money is my money, my brother and sister get none of it!"