>>81887417 (OP)
my childhood was weird in that i consistently got the shortest end of the stick of all my siblings.
>spend teenage years in suburban hellscape surrounded by highways
>boomer parents never supported any hobbies i was interested in, pushed for their country club ideas for success
>we consistently lived at the edges of my school's boundaries (1 hour bus ride either way for six years) so getting together with my friends was a logistical nightmare
>closest sibling in age is 8 years older than me
>dad sold the car my mom wanted to give to me for literally no reason. didn't get my license until last year at 21 (paid a jeet out of my own pocket to teach/license me)
>older brother also got music lessons, sports, vacations, etc., not even because he's a favorite but because my parents just checked the fuck out at 50.
>parents got midlife crisis a la baby fever and spat out another four by the same time, so i really couldn't rely on them for shit while pretty much all of my friends had parents who could focus on them
every time i families getting lunch at college it hurts a little. i only have like two friends now and both of them get money from their parents, get help moving in and out, have parents who are active counsel, whatever. even the poor kids have someone who'll answer their calls.
but i give a chunk of my pay to my unemployed mom who's nearing sixty now redoing the same stage as someone in their early thirties. she's totally unprepared to raise them -- they're turning out fucking retarded -- and i'm struggling to launch because of it. god forbid i express any complaint about this, though, before she calls up her classroom friends who're maybe 10 years older than me to tell me that i don't know what i'm talking about, or that i'm ungrateful, or that i'm a misogynist for wanting an available parent.
fuck that.