AITA for telling my parents I am willing to sell them my forgiveness?
From the moment they handed over their hard-earned savings and started charging rent, the protagonist was thrust into a world where independence was less a choice and more an expectation.
The cold distance from their parents began early, marked by silence and sacrifice, as they fought to carve out a life with limited support and relentless determination.
Years later, success and love have blossomed, yet the wounds of abandonment linger beneath the surface.
When the invitation to their wedding sparks confusion and resentment, it reveals a family fractured not by absence alone, but by the painful echoes of unmet expectations and forgotten connections.
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The original poster (OP) is confronting a long-standing feeling of being unsupported by their parents, directly contrasting their forced early independence with the continued support given to their siblings.
The central conflict revolves around the OP's demand for financial reciprocation as a condition for their parents' presence at the wedding, which clashes with the parents' desire for reconciliation based on past acknowledgment of mistakes.
Given the OP's stated lack of desire for the money but strong desire for attendance, should the focus remain on demanding accountability for past unequal treatment, or is demanding financial restitution counterproductive to achieving the desired relational outcome of their presence at the wedding?