I find it ironic that the parents who told OP to "follow Emma's example" and "don't come back when you fail" are now saying "I'm proud of you" and "please help us." I'm not surprised that Emma ignores how her actions at her former law firm and how she treated those around her, including her sister and family, have consequences.
One thing that bother me is how people see failure and success. It's different for every one and failure can happen even if you have everything or nothing. Its nor something to degrade people on .
She was raised to emulate her parents, so ultimately it is on them that she became a narcissist and the pressure of their expectations made her feel the need to steal from her clients and law firm to keep their approval. It’s twisted.
They need OP back in their lives because the golden child dynamics fall apart when the scapegoat child is no longer there to be a doormat and take the blame for everything.
I think Emma planed to use her as a scape goat if she got caught. That being the main reason she wanted her to work there. And getting caught without one got her fired instead.
I'm Asian and all of this sounds familiar. They hate on you and say you're not good enough UNTIL you make money and get prestige That's it. They use you They like the fame and they like to ride that coattails of success cuz your success =their success in their eyes This is why you cut off toxic family
My family is exactly this way, nothing is a “real job” unless it makes tons of money and every accomplishment that isn’t in a “real job” or academics is brushed off
That's what I was thinking. I'm not Asian, but a couple of my friends from school were, and I remember them telling me that few things will piss off Asian parents more than their kids having a vested interest in art
So become a garbage man. They make lots of money. Oh waiiiiiitttt....the parents can't really brag about that in the same way can they? So it's almost more about _how_ you get the lots of money instead of just getting the money.
Some people fail to realize that if you can live of something and be happy, that is all that matters. Who cares what someone else thinks is real or not. I know a miserable guy always bragging about 3 trades he learned and putting others down with mean comments but he hates himself in the end of the day ...
This is why the sister wanted to get op a job at the law firm. Op was going to be her fall guy when her scam got exposed. Sister got sloppy because she couldn't handle op throwing it in her face about the parents still pay for her things. The sad part is the parents will look to op to help them since sister ate through so much of their savings. Also, wouldn't the sister be in bigger trouble at the law firm. If anything, it might blacklist her from other firms.
I did not think about that - cause what sibling would want the black sheep of the family at the same job as them? Either she wanted to paint herself as a saint and good Samaritan or make OP the fall guy as you stated. I don't know if this would equal jail time, but I would assume that she would be blacklisted and have a mark on her record for several years.
@Jamie-qu4zu being seen as the Saint who helped the black sheep and used said person as their fall guy, is most likely what happened. I'm reminded of another reddit story where an op was a black sheep of their family and got a job at their golden child cousins company. They were under paid for the level of work they did, took blame that was actually the cousins fault and how the cousin passed off all that persons success as their own. Cousin was making a lot of money and got all their friends high paying jobs. When op complained cousin and other family members pulled the family card. The cousin refused to pay them what they are owed. So that op left and went to work for a rival company. The cousins company fell apart since the cousins friends didn't know what they were doing and just blew the companies money. Of course the cousin blamed the op and fhe family did as well believing all the cousins lies how they sabotaged their company. The cousin was male and that stories op was female and the family thought less of the op for not being a good girl and doing what they told her to do.
OP says multiple times that she talked to her parents and tried to explain how they made her feel. They just don't care. Sometimes people know the impact of their words and they just don't care about it
One of the cruelest truths about human relations is that once people have decided who you are, they will fight like hell, no matter the facts, to avoid changing their mind. You deserved better parents.
Don’t these people know that art can be also business? Literally, I seen many big artists like OP making huge amount of many from illustration and art works through commission and such. Being a lawyer is great and all, but making art is satisfying and rewarding.
@@SamTheMan-y1k Yes. Like OP mentioned that she does a lot of graphic designing for business companies' logo. Also, construction work is dependent on art as well. You can't craft a blue print of any building without drawing.
@@Mellisa_Nguyen23 Yup. Hopefully, she gets a successful outcome. I'm not a graphic designer, but as a side hobby, I design games. Currently, I'm making an anime game, so I understand how dedicated you need to be to reach high levels of success.
Finally. It's annoying how people say "I dealt with the disrespect because they need to pay my bills" something of the sort. Nah, I left and didn't look back.
@@BengalEmpire767Sadly though there are families like OPs out there giving favoritism to their golden child and sometimes the whole family while the one neglected sibling suffers from being put down and walked all over until they hit their breaking point.
Until OP mentioned how smug her sister looked when OP announced she was moving out….I would have said maybe Emma genuinely wanted to help OP because sisterly love. But no…that was the very last straw. And the fact the parents continuously just kept putting OP down as they “tried to convince her to stay”..they don’t get to feel victimized. Happy OP was able to thrive after so many years of being torn down. Getting out was probably what she really needed to spread her wings and flourish. As for Emma…karma hit too late but seemed well deserved. No one stays the “superior” golden child forever…and her lil leaving jab boomeranged right back at her. As for the parents…regret came far too late as it’s only coming because the “precious baby” showed how much of a demon she is and was still leeching off her parents. So now they come to OP hoping for reconciliation and have the shoe on the other foot
Good job OP, it still needs a little work especially in the end of the main part and the first update, it's a lot to be done in just 2 months, especially in the way it was mentioned. Remembering also that when we are dealing with difficult events, normally the noise the chair makes when we get up doesn't matter. Sometimes, many small details, in addition to taking the focus away from the main story, also reveal that the narrative is fake. Overall I would still give it a -A
The fact that OP is still in contact with the parents is mindboggling to me because they're the biggest AHs here. They fostered and encouraged a dynamic where their children would compete with each other for their love. The only reason they want OP around us because their golden child failed. Once OP messes up too or the sister gets back on her feet, the parents are going to abandon her too.
@@balusters Yeah it's definitely ChatGPT. LOL I've used it enough to tell what stories are fake and real but at the same time I keep an open mind 'cause there's 8+ billion people in the world and that's 8+ billion stories so maybe in the end we just don't know or something... LOL But ChatGPT really likes to use the same names over and over. 🤣There was also some inconsistencies in this story too.
At least OPs parents apologized for their treatment of her, they did not try to gaslight OP or make excuses, and have finally accepted her for who she is, not what they want her to be.
It's an act. They're only cozying up to her now that their initial plans fell through. She isn't a daughter to them, but a safety net. A tool. A resource.
The parents need a success story in at least one of their kids. They are taking the former runner-up failure as the success. If Emma didn't mess up, these successes would not be acknowledged. She'd still be a failure in their eyes.
My sister is still treated like the golden child, despite dropping out of high school, never having a job, never getting a license, and still lives at home at 22. I joined the army at 18, became the first person in my family to go to college, and I get to live/work pretty much anywhere I want based on my career choices. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what or how much you do, bad parents are bad parents Edit: my mother is amazing and has always been tremendously supportive, they got divorced when I was 2
They're only apologizing for the money they *might* wheeze out of OP. That's what happens when you put all your baskets onto the wrong child (the favored, *spoilt* one), while treating the decent one (OP) like something less than rotten, or super-toxic untreated underground sevrage/landfill...😢😢😢
To be honest the words they say are way too harsh and the fact that they only want your money us clear but to be honest they did have a point but just fucked that up with their actions like yes if i had a straight a's kid thats good at a lot of things and a quite average b's kid i probably would be proud of the a's kid more but still treat them equally
Oop is daft i wouldn't have anything to do with them if I knew someone who was in the situation here i would be like Oop they are playing you! Because the minute the spoiled brat returns you're invisible again. Also had she not disgrace herself and the family and took off you wouldn't be hearing from them right now at all.
If your parents favor one of their children, always keep in mind that it could just as easily be the other way around. Parental love is supposed to be unconditional. If parents are not capable of giving you that unconditional love, it will always fuck with your brain. It doesn't really matter if you're the favorite or the black sheep - both roles mean that you have to invest more time and energy to develop and maintain your sense of self-worth independently from your parents. I loved that OP repeatedly said she felt sorry for her sister, and understood that she didn't have it easy either. That's just the point. If your parents are incapable of unconditional love, it will affect you one way or another. If everything goes well, siblings may be able to bond over a shared understanding of the toxicity of their upbringing. Unfortunately, the dynamics of a toxic family (including role reversals like described by OP) can end up driving siblings apart instead.
I consider illustration/graphic design as a trade. With that in mind, never look down on trades especially when you don't know the amount of work, skill and patience involved. The hardest part is putting a pricetag on your work.
Remember, being the golden child doesn't always mean you are better off. OP has a better, more stable life then Emma. Maybe being the "failure" actually was a blessing considering to what her sister got.
Working as a Graphics designer Isn't something so easy tho I mean, It's completely her choice to choose arts as her main subject. If she can utilize her talent,she can even overcome her sister's income and achievements Can't believe some parents still have the "Favoritism" culture in them
Maybe today. My cousin is retired but continued to make a buck part time into his 70s. Worked out very fine for him. His career ended up being Fortune 500 annual reports and prospectuses. Had a big list of clients. Once Photoshop took over, never had to travel. Now, he had to hustle, but that's part of the game. He was the owner/operator small businessman. Being concerned about your kids career path is fine, because the issue is usually the schools turn out more of some degrees in fields than there is actually jobs for all of them.
THis is very likely ai. I was on the fence before, but "this experience has taught me" followed by the inspirational speech is definitely something mny ai made stories incorporate-
I don't get why anybody critisizes the art school commentary when this story itself clearly shows why they wouldn't want to encourage it. Amazing artists are a dime a dozen, so unless you have connections you can't rely on making it big. And for her she spent several years not making enough. And who did she expect to feed and house her until her art career could either take off or flop? Y'all have no business sticking your nose up at people who are trying to be practical and raise self sufficient children, instead of wondering what the artist kid is gonna do after the parents die.
Some parents are just evil. Of them, some have no idea they have spent 18-23 years trying to rob you and destroy everything that combines to make you. Much of this story has parents acting like this. The one take away is that everyone has a chance of redemption. Will cover other negative parental types - some worse and I believe are extremely evil.
"she said they felt betrayed and didn't know what to do" Aha, you mean like how the parents betrayed OP? seems about right They should get ripped apart for the BS they pulled over the years I mean come on, the parents literally gave 0 shits about OP until the golden child failed, then _suddenly_ OP was somehow good enough What BS man, yikes
The parents aren't interested. They just realized they wouldn't be able to survive off the other daughter when they got older, so they switched to you. THAT BEING SAID I'll take Things that didn't happen for 2000 Alex.
I wish the parents werent jerks about it but they arent wrong about art prospects and jobs. As an artist, I dual as a CIS major with art as a major hobby. I can use it for design and games, and I write manga in my free time. Finished my first book, just need to touch up. You can be an artist without going to school, its oveely expensive and a scam for art lovers, they prey on artists financially. History can be found online and learning art is all about practice. Its a subjective craft based on theory and very little objectivity. School only indoctrinates when it comes to art. Learning fundamentals takes some trusted video lessons. You should only go to school if you need more in person lessons like physical painting, charcoal, etc. Everything is digital now, so its best to learn on your own and study using the internet. Its not like math or science where its incredibly objective and a degree is everything for work. Art degrees dont change many minds in the art world. Just show you have a good portfolio and some personal projects and put yourself out there with a decent back up plan
One question keeps going through my head, making me think that this is fake.... how did OPs sister know where she lived? If i had a family that treated me like this, i would never let them know where i moved... and also, if op told them, i doubt they would care, so it seems illogical that she would tell them.
Listen to what she says at the end of the update. I lived my life in a frenzy, trying hard to get my parents’ approval and to a great degree it was pointless.
OP's parents are the a**holes here. They loved their golden child until they didn't. Then they dumped her and ran back to OP. Fairweather parents who don't deserve kids.
ay, if the person who originally posted the story sees this comment, coming from someone who doesnt like art, AINT NOTHIN WRONG WITH PURSUING YOUR FRICKIN DREAM
It's not your fault it's your parents fault because they favored their Golden child over her and they called her a disappointment and they paid for her Golden child apartment instead of her other daughter and that's not right and they should pay for their actions and go to hell for what they have done to her and if you guys can't see that then you guys are delusional and they don't deserve anything for favoritism and calling her a disappointment.
This sounds Asian to me. I know quite a few Asian families with the parents mentality. Probably not the only ethnic group that has this mentality. Oddly my dad used to tell the youngest of us, 6 kids, that she didnt need to work hard because the rest of us will look after her. I dont know why he thinks this.
All i can say is cry me a river. Why is this even a story for real? Was that childhood supposed to gain sympathetic tears? I keep waiting for the big reveal of how her life was so toxic. I got nothing. Her parents favored one child due to the more traditional activity success. Not unusual for any family. Parents obsessed over great grades rather than settling for just good? Not unusual for indian, asian or wasp white families. Parents showed disapproval towards artist as a careet due to stability? Yeah, that isn't abuse my friend, it is simply parents banking on the more logical choices for sustained livelihood in the future. You whine and cry about how hard your life is, but your parents never denied you anything. YOU GOT TO PURSUE ART AS A CAREER, WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS. The only thing you had to deal with was a little passive aggressiveness and parents playing emotional favorite (not financial). TL;DR: OP is whining about how her parents played favorites while she pursued being an artist. 1st World Problems.
Took OP finally having enough of parents and sister to get up and self motivate towards independence and self confidence. I feel for OP’s struggle, but they sound like a scrub, and only got motivated to spite their family.
After seing so many historys of golden child, all of them comes to shit parents, in this video even the OP felt sorry for her sister but welcome th shit parents again, every person has theyr own way of handle traumas, but one think that i learn is that parents have all the blame in how theyr childs behave.
![[FULL STORY] My Parents Funded My Brother's Failed Business But Left Me In Debt. Now They Want...](/img/1.gif)
I find it ironic that the parents who told OP to "follow Emma's example" and "don't come back when you fail" are now saying "I'm proud of you" and "please help us." I'm not surprised that Emma ignores how her actions at her former law firm and how she treated those around her, including her sister and family, have consequences.
This is copying off of pockets, fm
@@rico2119@ rico2119 Okay, what are you talking about?
@@rico2119 so spamming on everyone's highlight replies is your way of reporting it?
One thing that bother me is how people see failure and success. It's different for every one and failure can happen even if you have everything or nothing. Its nor something to degrade people on .
She was raised to emulate her parents, so ultimately it is on them that she became a narcissist and the pressure of their expectations made her feel the need to steal from her clients and law firm to keep their approval. It’s twisted.
They need OP back in their lives because the golden child dynamics fall apart when the scapegoat child is no longer there to be a doormat and take the blame for everything.
Well it's on OPs terms the parents have no power anymore
I think Emma planed to use her as a scape goat if she got caught. That being the main reason she wanted her to work there. And getting caught without one got her fired instead.
Makes sense
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I'm Asian and all of this sounds familiar.
They hate on you and say you're not good enough UNTIL you make money and get prestige
That's it. They use you
They like the fame and they like to ride that coattails of success cuz your success =their success in their eyes
This is why you cut off toxic family
My family is exactly this way, nothing is a “real job” unless it makes tons of money and every accomplishment that isn’t in a “real job” or academics is brushed off
That's what I was thinking. I'm not Asian, but a couple of my friends from school were, and I remember them telling me that few things will piss off Asian parents more than their kids having a vested interest in art
So become a garbage man. They make lots of money. Oh waiiiiiitttt....the parents can't really brag about that in the same way can they? So it's almost more about _how_ you get the lots of money instead of just getting the money.
Being a graphics designer/illustrator is a REAL JOB.
Some people fail to realize that if you can live of something and be happy, that is all that matters. Who cares what someone else thinks is real or not. I know a miserable guy always bragging about 3 trades he learned and putting others down with mean comments but he hates himself in the end of the day ...
keep telling yourself that
@@zedfan4598I am a penguin
@@zedfan4598I am a penguin I'm coming after you from another universe
@@I-like-mangoes2 riiiigghhhht.
This is why the sister wanted to get op a job at the law firm. Op was going to be her fall guy when her scam got exposed. Sister got sloppy because she couldn't handle op throwing it in her face about the parents still pay for her things.
The sad part is the parents will look to op to help them since sister ate through so much of their savings. Also, wouldn't the sister be in bigger trouble at the law firm. If anything, it might blacklist her from other firms.
I did not think about that - cause what sibling would want the black sheep of the family at the same job as them? Either she wanted to paint herself as a saint and good Samaritan or make OP the fall guy as you stated. I don't know if this would equal jail time, but I would assume that she would be blacklisted and have a mark on her record for several years.
@Jamie-qu4zu being seen as the Saint who helped the black sheep and used said person as their fall guy, is most likely what happened.
I'm reminded of another reddit story where an op was a black sheep of their family and got a job at their golden child cousins company. They were under paid for the level of work they did, took blame that was actually the cousins fault and how the cousin passed off all that persons success as their own. Cousin was making a lot of money and got all their friends high paying jobs. When op complained cousin and other family members pulled the family card.
The cousin refused to pay them what they are owed. So that op left and went to work for a rival company. The cousins company fell apart since the cousins friends didn't know what they were doing and just blew the companies money. Of course the cousin blamed the op and fhe family did as well believing all the cousins lies how they sabotaged their company. The cousin was male and that stories op was female and the family thought less of the op for not being a good girl and doing what they told her to do.
It’s always great to see people who went against the grain and came out as a winner. It’s inspiring.
Sometimes adults don't realize their words and actions can deeply affect their kids. We should support and encourage instead of criticizing
OP says multiple times that she talked to her parents and tried to explain how they made her feel. They just don't care. Sometimes people know the impact of their words and they just don't care about it
One of the cruelest truths about human relations is that once people have decided who you are, they will fight like hell, no matter the facts, to avoid changing their mind.
You deserved better parents.
They only care about what money she can make.
@@ashleyandanime4815 Then they will force her to pay for their expenses.
It is a fake story someone copied off of pockets , fm
Don’t these people know that art can be also business? Literally, I seen many big artists like OP making huge amount of many from illustration and art works through commission and such. Being a lawyer is great and all, but making art is satisfying and rewarding.
Art is statistically one of the worst degrees to have.
@@Mo-fu9sm it depends on what field or type of art you’re planning to do. But art pays a lot.
If you draw manga and implement into game designing. You can earn alot. That's if, its successful.
@@SamTheMan-y1k Yes. Like OP mentioned that she does a lot of graphic designing for business companies' logo.
Also, construction work is dependent on art as well. You can't craft a blue print of any building without drawing.
@@Mellisa_Nguyen23 Yup. Hopefully, she gets a successful outcome. I'm not a graphic designer, but as a side hobby, I design games. Currently, I'm making an anime game, so I understand how dedicated you need to be to reach high levels of success.
For sure Emma is blaming op for not working with her and being her scapegoat.
Only advice I have that living well is the best revenge especially when you come from a broken home or home with a golden child
Convinced every one of these type of stories have a “it’s not much but it’s mine”
Because its ai
@@goodnightmyprince6734 100%
moving out was the best move i ever made!!!!!! people like that never change and you are better off on ur own!!!
Finally. It's annoying how people say "I dealt with the disrespect because they need to pay my bills" something of the sort. Nah, I left and didn't look back.
This story feels more like creative writing practice
It probably is
its ai. deal with it.
@@BengalEmpire767 AI is just used for text to speech translation but someone must have posted it on reddit, not sure if bots can post on it
@@nikkisharma6376 proof it's actually reddit?
hurts to say, but unless proven otherwise, it is ai.
@@BengalEmpire767Sadly though there are families like OPs out there giving favoritism to their golden child and sometimes the whole family while the one neglected sibling suffers from being put down and walked all over until they hit their breaking point.
Until OP mentioned how smug her sister looked when OP announced she was moving out….I would have said maybe Emma genuinely wanted to help OP because sisterly love. But no…that was the very last straw. And the fact the parents continuously just kept putting OP down as they “tried to convince her to stay”..they don’t get to feel victimized. Happy OP was able to thrive after so many years of being torn down. Getting out was probably what she really needed to spread her wings and flourish. As for Emma…karma hit too late but seemed well deserved. No one stays the “superior” golden child forever…and her lil leaving jab boomeranged right back at her. As for the parents…regret came far too late as it’s only coming because the “precious baby” showed how much of a demon she is and was still leeching off her parents. So now they come to OP hoping for reconciliation and have the shoe on the other foot
Lmfao they not only support you but paid for her apartment. I count as double betrayed !!
I would encourage all artists to take a few business classes to decrease the likelihood of being scammed out of copyright and royalties.
It's a nice story, little linear no twists or surprises but it's obviously not real.
Good job OP, it still needs a little work especially in the end of the main part and the first update, it's a lot to be done in just 2 months, especially in the way it was mentioned.
Remembering also that when we are dealing with difficult events, normally the noise the chair makes when we get up doesn't matter.
Sometimes, many small details, in addition to taking the focus away from the main story, also reveal that the narrative is fake.
Overall I would still give it a -A
The fact that OP is still in contact with the parents is mindboggling to me because they're the biggest AHs here. They fostered and encouraged a dynamic where their children would compete with each other for their love. The only reason they want OP around us because their golden child failed. Once OP messes up too or the sister gets back on her feet, the parents are going to abandon her too.
16:15 sounds to me like the "parents" have already had _quite a few_ "dinners as a family..."
Why am i not surprised the sister was commiting fraud
The only advice I can offer is this.
Don't f**k around with your mental well-being. Losing your self-esteem can destroy your entire life.
This story sounds so artificially made i was waiting for atleast something unexpected throughout the video but it was none.
It is. You can tell because it's using 5 sentences to say 1 thing. Chat GPT tends to be long-winded like that
@@balusters Yeah it's definitely ChatGPT. LOL I've used it enough to tell what stories are fake and real but at the same time I keep an open mind 'cause there's 8+ billion people in the world and that's 8+ billion stories so maybe in the end we just don't know or something... LOL But ChatGPT really likes to use the same names over and over. 🤣There was also some inconsistencies in this story too.
How do you go ahead? Baby steps, one at a time. Just live your best life,OP.X
Ops parents are a real piece of work, constant favouritism, no wonder the op felt like shit all her life.
So basicly parents didnt learnt anything byt changed their Golden child
At least OPs parents apologized for their treatment of her, they did not try to gaslight OP or make excuses, and have finally accepted her for who she is, not what they want her to be.
I wouldn't forgive them
They are only sorry that the golden child turned out to be a dud and she left.
They might have done it as Emma was out of the scene and they needed someone to take care of them in times of need
Their apology isn't even real
It's an act. They're only cozying up to her now that their initial plans fell through. She isn't a daughter to them, but a safety net. A tool. A resource.
The parents need a success story in at least one of their kids. They are taking the former runner-up failure as the success. If Emma didn't mess up, these successes would not be acknowledged. She'd still be a failure in their eyes.
If your parents were sorry, they wouldn’t have done what they did to you in the first place.
Good story but AI reading pacing is horrible.
Just because it's AI, a human clicks the upload button. It's astonishing that they just take it as is and run with it.
Good for you for walking away. You deserve peace and happiness 💪
For those who want to skip to the actual part of the story. 14:23
My sister is still treated like the golden child, despite dropping out of high school, never having a job, never getting a license, and still lives at home at 22. I joined the army at 18, became the first person in my family to go to college, and I get to live/work pretty much anywhere I want based on my career choices. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what or how much you do, bad parents are bad parents
Edit: my mother is amazing and has always been tremendously supportive, they got divorced when I was 2
Sounds like a story written by a person doing an arts degree .Writing a fictional story about arts degrees .
They're only apologizing for the money they *might* wheeze out of OP. That's what happens when you put all your baskets onto the wrong child (the favored, *spoilt* one), while treating the decent one (OP) like something less than rotten, or super-toxic untreated underground sevrage/landfill...😢😢😢
To be honest the words they say are way too harsh and the fact that they only want your money us clear but to be honest they did have a point but just fucked that up with their actions like yes if i had a straight a's kid thats good at a lot of things and a quite average b's kid i probably would be proud of the a's kid more but still treat them equally
Move Emma out of that apartment, get her to look for a job, any job.
Oop is daft i wouldn't have anything to do with them if I knew someone who was in the situation here i would be like Oop they are playing you! Because the minute the spoiled brat returns you're invisible again. Also had she not disgrace herself and the family and took off you wouldn't be hearing from them right now at all.
They decided to pick the runner-up because they don't have a choice.
Thanks for motivating me. Kudos to your Strength. I was in little bit of a similar situation but now I am better, and confident.
If your parents favor one of their children, always keep in mind that it could just as easily be the other way around. Parental love is supposed to be unconditional. If parents are not capable of giving you that unconditional love, it will always fuck with your brain. It doesn't really matter if you're the favorite or the black sheep - both roles mean that you have to invest more time and energy to develop and maintain your sense of self-worth independently from your parents. I loved that OP repeatedly said she felt sorry for her sister, and understood that she didn't have it easy either. That's just the point. If your parents are incapable of unconditional love, it will affect you one way or another. If everything goes well, siblings may be able to bond over a shared understanding of the toxicity of their upbringing. Unfortunately, the dynamics of a toxic family (including role reversals like described by OP) can end up driving siblings apart instead.
I know the OP is Asian just by listening to the way her parents behave.
My family is a lot like this and we’re white (although my aunt who married in is asian, but she’s not the reason for that dynamic)
You can let go of anger and resentment without offering forgiveness.
Basically:
Emma = Isabella
OP = Mirabel
OP parents = Abuela
Without power and relatives
Every job is not stable. They could fire or demote you for every little thing. No matter what job title you have.
This is SO AI generated it's not even funny anymore!
Down vote
preachy piece of I-wish-fiction
The wait between every sentence pissed me off
Same but sometimes,
It's 100% not real, but I like the little message.
the parents only wanted to invest into the child that can make them rich.
I consider illustration/graphic design as a trade. With that in mind, never look down on trades especially when you don't know the amount of work, skill and patience involved. The hardest part is putting a pricetag on your work.
Remember, being the golden child doesn't always mean you are better off. OP has a better, more stable life then Emma. Maybe being the "failure" actually was a blessing considering to what her sister got.
Working as a Graphics designer Isn't something so easy tho
I mean, It's completely her choice to choose arts as her main subject.
If she can utilize her talent,she can even overcome her sister's income and achievements
Can't believe some parents still have the "Favoritism" culture in them
tbf to her family tho, going to art school is the dumbest thing anyone could do to themselves.
Maybe today. My cousin is retired but continued to make a buck part time into his 70s. Worked out very fine for him. His career ended up being Fortune 500 annual reports and prospectuses. Had a big list of clients. Once Photoshop took over, never had to travel. Now, he had to hustle, but that's part of the game. He was the owner/operator small businessman. Being concerned about your kids career path is fine, because the issue is usually the schools turn out more of some degrees in fields than there is actually jobs for all of them.
Oh nice. I actually like this scenic style of video for these. Way better than minecraft
THis is very likely ai. I was on the fence before, but "this experience has taught me" followed by the inspirational speech is definitely something mny ai made stories incorporate-
I don't get why anybody critisizes the art school commentary when this story itself clearly shows why they wouldn't want to encourage it. Amazing artists are a dime a dozen, so unless you have connections you can't rely on making it big. And for her she spent several years not making enough. And who did she expect to feed and house her until her art career could either take off or flop? Y'all have no business sticking your nose up at people who are trying to be practical and raise self sufficient children, instead of wondering what the artist kid is gonna do after the parents die.
Wow. So OP just crawled back and started kissing her family's feet the second they snapped their fingers.
Complete loss of respect
OP’s parents only give af about her life now because Emma is on BS. If Emma didn’t get fired they wouldn’t have reached out. They don’t actually care.
Some parents are just evil. Of them, some have no idea they have spent 18-23 years trying to rob you and destroy everything that combines to make you. Much of this story has parents acting like this. The one take away is that everyone has a chance of redemption.
Will cover other negative parental types - some worse and I believe are extremely evil.
Just say: “I don’t know, why aren’t I as ‘GOOD’ as Emma?”
"she said they felt betrayed and didn't know what to do"
Aha, you mean like how the parents betrayed OP? seems about right
They should get ripped apart for the BS they pulled over the years
I mean come on, the parents literally gave 0 shits about OP until the golden child failed, then _suddenly_ OP was somehow good enough
What BS man, yikes
The parents aren't interested. They just realized they wouldn't be able to survive off the other daughter when they got older, so they switched to you. THAT BEING SAID
I'll take Things that didn't happen for 2000 Alex.
Emma works in a law firm. She can afford her own apartment
I wish the parents werent jerks about it but they arent wrong about art prospects and jobs. As an artist, I dual as a CIS major with art as a major hobby. I can use it for design and games, and I write manga in my free time. Finished my first book, just need to touch up. You can be an artist without going to school, its oveely expensive and a scam for art lovers, they prey on artists financially. History can be found online and learning art is all about practice. Its a subjective craft based on theory and very little objectivity. School only indoctrinates when it comes to art. Learning fundamentals takes some trusted video lessons. You should only go to school if you need more in person lessons like physical painting, charcoal, etc. Everything is digital now, so its best to learn on your own and study using the internet. Its not like math or science where its incredibly objective and a degree is everything for work. Art degrees dont change many minds in the art world. Just show you have a good portfolio and some personal projects and put yourself out there with a decent back up plan
Yea I don't think Emma was ever under any pressure...
This sounds like a dhar Mann vid ngl 😭
6:12 and 6:52 forget the stories for a minute the background video of my hometown on the west coast of ireland wtaf that woke me up royally
One question keeps going through my head, making me think that this is fake.... how did OPs sister know where she lived?
If i had a family that treated me like this, i would never let them know where i moved... and also, if op told them, i doubt they would care, so it seems illogical that she would tell them.
She really felt sorry for Emma like a dumb dumb.😊
Listen to what she says at the end of the update. I lived my life in a frenzy, trying hard to get my parents’ approval and to a great degree it was pointless.
The AI voice overs are getting better.👍
OP's parents are the a**holes here. They loved their golden child until they didn't. Then they dumped her and ran back to OP. Fairweather parents who don't deserve kids.
ay, if the person who originally posted the story sees this comment, coming from someone who doesnt like art, AINT NOTHIN WRONG WITH PURSUING YOUR FRICKIN DREAM
It's not your fault it's your parents fault because they favored their Golden child over her and they called her a disappointment and they paid for her Golden child apartment instead of her other daughter and that's not right and they should pay for their actions and go to hell for what they have done to her and if you guys can't see that then you guys are delusional and they don't deserve anything for favoritism and calling her a disappointment.
life is truly unpredictable
AI voice pauses in all the wrong places, but good story.
So the sister is a Thief/Mocher, what a shame for a lawyer to act like that
One graphic designer can make milion bro op parents are shit..
I wonder who this artist is, I’m interested to see their work
This sounds Asian to me. I know quite a few Asian families with the parents mentality. Probably not the only ethnic group that has this mentality.
Oddly my dad used to tell the youngest of us, 6 kids, that she didnt need to work hard because the rest of us will look after her. I dont know why he thinks this.
I would have blocked all of them and cut my losses.
This feels awkward, because I’m the eldest child of my siblings and my names Emma… 😬
Are you a lawyer too?
Good for her in making it through but parents worry for a reason, art line jas terrible job security.
Had to watch this shit in 2x cause it was so slow
The black sheep of the zenin clan fushigoru toji😂😂
Oh god…they didn’t write a Reddit post, they wrote a story…
Amazing how the golden children end up losers
As a logical asian, why no A? You expect me to throw a party for a simple B???? B = bad dont ya know?
Girl don’t be shy what’s the book called
All i can say is cry me a river. Why is this even a story for real? Was that childhood supposed to gain sympathetic tears? I keep waiting for the big reveal of how her life was so toxic. I got nothing.
Her parents favored one child due to the more traditional activity success. Not unusual for any family. Parents obsessed over great grades rather than settling for just good? Not unusual for indian, asian or wasp white families. Parents showed disapproval towards artist as a careet due to stability? Yeah, that isn't abuse my friend, it is simply parents banking on the more logical choices for sustained livelihood in the future.
You whine and cry about how hard your life is, but your parents never denied you anything. YOU GOT TO PURSUE ART AS A CAREER, WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS. The only thing you had to deal with was a little passive aggressiveness and parents playing emotional favorite (not financial).
TL;DR: OP is whining about how her parents played favorites while she pursued being an artist. 1st World Problems.
Took OP finally having enough of parents and sister to get up and self motivate towards independence and self confidence. I feel for OP’s struggle, but they sound like a scrub, and only got motivated to spite their family.
It’s a fake story guys lol it’s not reality. Who ever wrote this is a good writer
Women always think their sibling are the golden child
Yappichino in the last 2 mins
elo
After seing so many historys of golden child, all of them comes to shit parents, in this video even the OP felt sorry for her sister but welcome th shit parents again, every person has theyr own way of handle traumas, but one think that i learn is that parents have all the blame in how theyr childs behave.