AITAH for wanting a normal life and having resentment against my mother for not being able to provide it because of her insufficient work and procrastination?
I (16F) and my mother (59F) are facing homelessness for the possible third time. Ever since 9-10 years old, my mom’s been making me help her to try to make money online. my mom has always wanted financial freedom since before i was born but she never really understood tech and stuff like that so since i was “good at it” which i always saw as just having basic computer skills, she makes me help her. affiliate marketing, social media content, doing anything those stupid “make money online” “i made my first 5k doing this” videos on youtube say with the exaggerated thumbnail.
my mom lost her job in april and now we can’t afford any bills + rent. ive been sending out every application, ive sent atleast 200. showing her when she gets interviews, etc. she doesnt even want to do the interviews sometimes. she’s still convinced us doing stuff online is the way out. which it is, but we don’t have the time to be relying on this stuff.
for my whole summer, my free times been minimized more than ever. not only can i not go anywhere because my moms overprotective, but also because she wants me doing nothing but work on the computer. at this point, im working a full time job with no pay, only time i really get free time is if im eating, or when i finish but that’s usually past midnight and im way too tired to unwind and do something entertaining for myself so i end up falling asleep.
i wake up around 9AM and subtracting technical difficulties im on it straight from before/after breakfast to 1am-2am. as i write this im on the computer. when she falls asleep im still on it and if i apply for jobs when she wants to work on smth else im “wasting time”.
my mom is dealing with health issues and so am i, she wants to go to the hospital to assure there’s nothing serious going on because she’s severely stressed and so am i, but at this point AITAH for feeling numb? when she talks about her health concerns or us being done for. its been too long of me dealing with this and its really dragged out. the health/money concerns have been traumatizing me / stressing me for years too because i have severe anxiety and her scares n stuff really scarred me.
I love her i want us to have a better life but i have grown resentment towards her and it makes me feel guilty. but i just feel like there was no point of me being born if this was how my life was going to play out.
but i feel like i don’t have a right to complain because it’s her first time living too and we’re just both stressed, everything’s on her and i shouldn’t complain because im not in charge of a child and she does stuff around the house for me (i dont ask her to do these things, i would prefer her not do everything around the house).
tbh i would rather experience doing regular chores than whatever im living now. i can only take so much, it feels like things never change. i just feel so restricted and stuck and once i get a grasp of normal it slips away. i envy everyone else my age with the basics of normality.
Posted Jul 1, 2025, 4:23 PM UTC