FRUSTRATED.

[Metric1]

You may all think my life is rosy from what I post and I don't have a care in the world because I appear to have endless money and a family that doesn't give a ****. The truth right now couldn't be more opposite. I grew up with 2 older bothers and my mom. My parents divorced over 10 years ago and she was the one responsible for raising us. After my parents got divorced we had nothing. Literally nothing. My mom was left with a big house, tons of debt and she needed to support 3 boys on her own. She became a real-estate agent, then opened up her own brokerage, which turned into real-estate investing. My mom has done very well for herself and we went from having nothing to having everything. My 2 older brothers don't so ****, they never have. I am the only one who has worked, bought my own car, bought my own stuff. I work 60 hours a week and my 2 brothers work maybe 15 hours a week each, bouncing at my moms bar. They have no concept of working.

My mom has a boyfriend who has 6 kids, he's great - we get on great he treats us all great. What's erupted now is the fact that my they have cut all of the kids off. We all have to work to get what we want. I'm the only child that seems to get this. I have a nice car, I have nice things and my siblings seem to thing that I'm spoiled. My car, I bought it. My clothes, for the most part I've bought them. I slave my balls off all summer to support myself through the school year.. they think working 15 hours a week is enough and they should have the rest handed to them.

I'm just so frustrated, I feel alienated from the rest of my family. I want to move back to Canada and live with my dad but the sole point of me being home is to make money and I can't do that in Canada...

:frust::frust:

[Stephen]

You should write a book

[Sharon]

Why can't you make money in Canada? If you're doing fine without money/support from them I don't see why you're bothered that you'll be cut off, it's your siblings suffering the consequences of that right?

[FlyingJesus]

Didn't we go through this before and learn that you weren't actually cut off, you still get to live for free and just have to pay for luxuries and stuff

[dirrty]

either i'm missing something, or i don't see the big problem at all. you get on well with your mothers boyfriend (and kids). you understand the value of money and therefore work for what you need/want. you're family have gone through hardship but your mother has pulled your family 'up out of the ashes'. so the only problem is that your siblings are spoilt and lazy? and because of that, you want to move in with your father, the man you left your family high and dry in such a struggling financial situation with 3 kids to look after? in a place where you don't think you'll be able to work (compared to where you are currently?)

as i said in the beginning, i must be missing something. because what i just read sounds like you have an awesome and hardworking mother, a decent extended family but who don't understand that they need to get a job if they want money. that's their problem. some people take longer to adjust to different things, but i still fail to reason for all the aggravation :S

[Inseriousity.]

You'll just need to get over it! You have your job, you can support yourself and if your siblings (desperate for a return to their old life) use you in their arguments, it shouldn't bother you. If anything, it should make you feel better that you haven't had to resort to such tactics, that you can survive without help from the bank of mum and dad.

PS. Hardly doubt anyone would be stupid enough to think you have no problems because your family has bucketloads of cash, I imagine it's more the shoving it down our throats that annoys people ;)

[mrwoooooooo]

move out and live on your own.

[Metric1]

I will never get a job that pays nearly the amount I make now in Canada.