My Parents Demanded $75,000 For Raising Me. Then Tried To Force My Brother...... Reddit Tale Tide

Описание: My parents once demanded $75,000 as “compensation” for raising me, and later they tried to pressure my younger brother into choosing between going to college or staying loyal to them. In the end, I stepped in and paid for his tuition myself. Up until I turned 10, I lived with my aunt Elise, 52, and my uncle Robert, 54—both women. My biological parents, Susan, 49, and Andrew, 51, worked in construction management overseas. When I was just 3 years old, they left me in Elise’s care under a legal arrangement and barely kept in touch. They might call once a month, send a card for my birthday, but otherwise, they were strangers to me. Elise and Robert filled every parental role that truly mattered—they taught me to ride a bike, helped me with schoolwork, and never missed a school play or event.

Everything changed when I turned 10. My parents came back, this time with my baby brother Lucas, who is now 18 and a young man. Suddenly, they had this grand vision of becoming a “real family” from that day forward. The problem was, I had no interest in leaving Elise and Robert’s home. I fought against it—throwing tantrums, refusing to pack, and crying for weeks after being forced to move. My parents became increasingly frustrated with me, and in retaliation, they began cutting down the time I could spend visiting Elise. They told me I needed to stop clinging to the past and start adapting.

Their home was nothing like the one I had known. Andrew’s temper was short—he would explode over trivial things, like shoes left in the wrong spot or me not eating quickly enough. Susan was constantly absorbed in caring for Lucas, and whenever I asked for attention, she treated it as me being disruptive. I started to struggle at school—my grades slipped, I got into fights, and my behavior drew negative attention.

When I was 16, tragedy struck. Elise and Robert died in a house fire caused by an electrical malfunction while they were sleeping. I was devastated, but my parents refused to let me take even a single day off school to grieve. Andrew told me that while mourning was normal, life had to continue as usual. When my school guidance counselor recommended I see a professional to help me process the loss, Susan scoffed at the idea, calling it a waste of money, and told me I needed to toughen up.

After that, I started skipping classes and spending time with kids who hung out behind the gym to smoke. That was when I tried marijuana for the first time, and soon after, I began drinking on weekends. I wasn’t addicted, but I was making reckless choices. One night, I came home drunk—and Andrew was already waiting for me.

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