{"id":18902,"date":"2025-11-17T23:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=18902"},"modified":"2025-11-17T23:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:45:27","slug":"i-refuse-to-forgive-my-parents-for-ruining-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=18902","title":{"rendered":"I Refuse to Forgive My Parents for Ruining My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I (24F) have been no-contact with my parents for three months, and my family thinks I\u2019m being dramatic.I had a 4.2 GPA, was valedictorian, and got accepted to three prestigious universities with partial scholarships. My dream was to become a doctor.I gave up my dreams, because when I asked about college, my parents crushed me with, \u201cWe can\u2019t afford it.\u201ddad looked me in the eyes and said, \u201cWe just don\u2019t have the money. Maybe community college?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I worked shifts instead of studying, starving at school without lunch. I took a job at a diner, working 30+ hours a week while watching classmates prepare for college. I had to decline my acceptance letters and watch my scholarship deadlines pass.For six years, I\u2019ve been working dead-end jobs while my former classmates graduated and started careers.Then everything changed last week.Last week, while cleaning our dark basement, my throat tightened as I learned they had been lying this entire time. I found a folder labeled \u201cCollege Fund \u2014 Chloe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My parents had saved over $180,000 for my education. Plus documents showing a $50,000 inheritance they received right before my senior year.But here\u2019s the kicker: While I was working double shifts, eating ramen, they took a three-week European vacation the summer after I graduated. They spent $15,000 on that trip alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I (24F) have been no-contact with my parents for three months, and my family thinks I\u2019m being dramatic.I had a 4.2 GPA, was valedictorian, and got accepted&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":267,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18904,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions\/18904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}