📝 Am i the asshole for going no contact with my parents after they refused to tell me they’re proud of me?

By Beautiful-Move-6066 • Score: 21 • April 10, 2025 12:36 PM


Alright so for some background information my (19f) parents broke up when i was 4 which resulted in me having a pretty rough childhood this resulted in me skipping most of my high school and never really creating any structure in my life. I recently got forced to get my own appartement which resulted in me having to drop out of college due to the rent costs in my country and things have been messy. My parents help me with my finances and i do not have access to my main bank account only they do. Now i recently got a cat which officially isn’t allowed in my apartment building we found a way to work around it but my parents are quite upset about the fact i did this since i did risk losing my apartment. Before this I also decided to get a tattoo which i know is not a very smart choice when im struggling to pay for everything but this is all they’ve been talking about and it’s always negative i told them that some appreciation would be nice since im trying my best to keep working fulltime and figure most things out by myself which is a lot for me since i didnt grew up with that structure. Now to the recent problem we had a talk together where they kept naming the mistakes i made (the tattoo and cat) which i understand but when i said that it hurt only getting negative feedback my parents got upset saying im acting like a victim to a situation where i am the problem. This quickly got out of hand and resulted in a yelling match before i decided to leave after this i sent them a message saying i will be taking care of my own finances from now on and i dont wanna have anything to do with them anymore since it feels like i only do bad while their other kids get praised for all they do. So am i in the wrong for breaking contact and deciding to go live my own life?

Edit: There has been some confusion. I do actively work 40 hours a week all the money i spend is money i earn myself. i went from not going to school or work and barely taking care of myself to working full time while caring for my household i did not grow up in a home where this was taught and i have never learned the discipline before i have been doing this by myself for about 4 months now and i do not ask them to excuse my dumb choices im asking them to acknowledge my achiements. also the divorce is not the reason i stopped going to school a lot more happened including 5 years of physical and emotional abuse this resulted in me not learning a lot of the things you do such as doing your own finances, cooking and cleaning. After not going to school i did manage to graduate from high school after which i went to college before i had to drop out

I am genuinely curious whether i was in the wrong or not since i feel like i might have acted out of strong emotion.

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