AITA - Telling my parents to pay me back my college tuition if they want a relationship
Born into a world where tradition dictated her worth, she was boxed in by rigid roles that dismissed her dreams.
As the only daughter among three brothers, her parents' love came with strings—education and ambition were luxuries reserved only for her brothers, not for her.
Their silence on her potential was deafening, a constant reminder that her place was tethered to the home, not the horizon. But beneath their expectations, a fierce fire burned quietly.
Defying the limits imposed on her, she dared to dream in secret, carving a path through shadows of doubt and sacrifice.
With nothing but grit and stolen hope, she stepped into the unknown—choosing courage over comfort, and a future forged by her own hands, even if it meant breaking the fragile ties to the family she once knew.
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The internet jumped in fast, delivering everything from kind advice to cold truth. It’s a mix of empathy, outrage, and no-nonsense takes.
The original poster (OP) faced a major conflict between her parents' rigid expectations of gender roles and her own pursuit of education, leading to years of estrangement.
Her current demand for financial compensation, mirroring the support given to her brothers, represents a concrete attempt to quantify the support she was denied and test the sincerity of their recent apology.
Can the OP achieve genuine reconciliation with her parents without demanding concrete restitution for past financial and educational sacrifices, or is financial equity the only acceptable measure of accountability for the specific, unequal treatment she endured?