I'm a 30 year old who's had it pretty easy for most of her life. I chose a career that was completely inconsistent with what my family did, but it was my dream career and fortunately I was able to study it. But after 7 years of trying to make things work, my career failed. I was subjected to constant criticism from my parents for my inability to find steady work, consisting of them telling me that how I've actually never wanted to work or how I've never done enough. After 7 years of rejections from possible employers, that's just not what you need o hear. I was forced to take a job with my mother, a job I've never wanted, not just because I don't want to have my mother as my boss. The job isn't hard, I get along great with everybody, but I can't stand it. I have to do thing that bore me to death or that I don't like, and I'm expected to do everything with a smile. I'm crushed. Sometimes I feel like I have acid in my lungs. I'm constantly being reminded of what an ungrateful child I am, only I'll soon be 31, I have no savings, nothing of my own, and since I live with my mother (because I can't afford my own place), I have no say in anything. My father says I feel this way because I haven't accepted that this is what I have to do and that I basically have to suck it up. I can't quit my job because I haven't been able to find an alternative. And I feel like no one is even making an effort to see things from my perspective or at the very least consider how all of this makes me feel. I don't know what to do. | |