Did anyone else grow up believing that your parents “made it all on their own without any help from anyone”?
Only to find out later that maybe your hard working dad once was so broke in his 20s he had to move back home
And that your mom couldn’t afford to keep a car on the road and so was kind of bumming on friend’s couches and getting ride to work
And that maybe the IMMENSE pressure they put on you when you were 12, 16, 19, 22 was completely uncalled for?
But also you feel lost and confused because if that foundation of expectation is gone, what does that leave you?