My mom just called me ungrateful.

Absolutely not. I wish someone had given me the advice I gave OP, I cut ties with my family because I felt the way OP did only to realize I truly was ungrateful. I wasn't supported in the way I wanted, but when I got out into the real world and met people I realized how privileged I was. I was supported in the ways I needed and that's more important. It's depressing to see how quickly people are to judge others harshly with no other knowledge of the situation.

My family never came to my games, never cheered me on and when there were deaths in the family I was the last to know. I never got invited to things but looking back, all my games were only possible because I was financially supported to do them. And unfortunately that money couldn't be spent on tickets, practice, and food on the table. My parents made the hard decision to not watch me play knowing I may resent them for it, but atleast I got to do a sport I love and still do. I was last to know things because I cut out my family so much, listening to the type of advice OP is getting on her post. And I was never invited to things because I always turned them down because I resented my family. It wasn't until I lost one of my parents that I realized how much they did. How broke they were still financially supporting me the best they could, ending up in debt supporting my dreams. I grew up thinking we were a well off family, turns out my dad couldn't let a penny escape between supporting his mother, me and my siblings, my mother's health care, and leaving nothing for himself. All the times I took his food from him and he didn't argue because he never put himself first. Yet being a young teenager I thought he hated me and treated me like trash because he never "understood how I felt" or saw my games or bought me every toy I wanted. He spoiled my sister because she guilt tripped him to no end, and I never saw that until I moved out.

There are horrible parents, but just because one child receives more "love" doesn't mean that they're unfit parents, that they don't deserve their children, or any of the other harsh stuff people are saying. OP respectfully is a child, telling a child's point of view of her situation with limited details. OP deserves good advice that isn't extreme, advice I wish I got before I lost a parent so I could've told them I loved them one more time, or told them that I DID appreciate the sacrifices they made. Hate is such a horrible thing and unless the parents are abusers, they don't deserve it. OP deserves and explanation and the parents deserve a chance.

I hope OP doesn't cut out their parents, that 20/20 vision blindsides you when the facts come out. When you get into the real world and hear about people who's parents beat and SA them regularly, were in and out of jail, never spent a penny on them, etc it humbles you. By then it's too late. Rather than burning bridges OP should be maturing her relationship with the people around her, she's almost an adult and is going to need to one day handle herself without making harsh hasty decisions without talking to the person first.

If parents are abusive and actually neglectful though, go for it, leave them. Nobody deserves to be treated that way, and parents like that are horrible people. However with the limited knowledge we got on OPs parents nobody could say that's what is actually happening. "Forgetting to invite me to ice-cream " is a petty reason to cut someone out of your life, no matter how old you are. People need to be better in the advice they give OP realizing she is a child who deserves guidance she isn't receiving from someone she trusts.

/r/self Thread Parent