Coffee Runs

one | failure girl

A / N | Hello, you have chosen to read this book and I am so thankful that you have chosen to read it! First of all, I'm Marcia and this book is my quarantine project. It's an idea that I've been toying with since forever and now that I have plenty of free time on my hands, I've decided to start writing it to life. This story will be told partly through faux Reddit posts and good old fiction format. I hope you enjoy this book and love the characters as much as I do! Cheers!

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r/AmITheAsshole

u/failure-girl 17m

AITA for moving in with my (22F) brother (27M) halfway across the country instead of staying at my childhood home as my parents wanted me to after I dropped out of film school?

So, first of all, I (22F) broke the news to my parents that I would be dropping out of film school about six months ago. Surprisingly, they took it well and did not seem to resent me for my decision. Even so, my dropping out is still quite a sore topic within the family, my aunts and uncles back home view me as a disappointment and they have been giving my parents all kinds of advice ever since. I had chosen to mostly ignore them until I accidentally heard my mother and my oldest aunt's conversation one day while helping out at the family business. My family owns a grocery store and restaurant. It was not busy when they had that conversation.

To shorten this post, they were discussing me and my situation. My aunt told my mom that perhaps I should be sent to Indonesia to go to college there and "straighten my life". My mom seemed to be considering it and told her that she would discuss it with my father. That night, my parents had a hushed conversation inside their bedroom and then they called me downstairs to tell me that they're going to send me to Indonesia. Anyway, I freaked out. They kept telling me that it was the best for me and I hyperventilated before going back to my room. Naturally, I called my brother. We're very close you see, not quite each other's best friend but he owes me a lot of favors and he loves me. I told him of what my parents were gonna do and because we're birds of a feather, he freaked out too.

Next thing I knew, I was on a flight bound for LA! My brother picked me up at the airport and I have been living in his swanky apartment ever since. The problem is I did not tell my parents that I would move in with my brother until I'm already in LA. They blew up my phone with calls and texts. They're mad at me for "running away". I have called them several times to try and explain the situation but they've pretty much screamed at me every time. They said to me that I should have listened to them instead of running away, that I should be in Indonesia earning a degree before settling for a normal job "like the rest of us". I get that I have caused them a lot of worry and heartbreak over the past six months but I am tired of being treated like a failure by the whole family. Especially when my parents didn't stand up for me. I am also very angry at them for making such an important decision for me and expecting me to be obedient and move to another country halfway across the world for them. Even though I seem to have nothing going on for me right now in the US, I have spent all my life here. All my friends are here. This is my home. I want to make something out of myself here. I want to rebuild my future here instead of being tossed to a motherland I can't even speak the language of.

My brother is on my side as he thinks that I just need a second chance at getting my life together. I'm also currently looking for jobs to pay for my student loans and am taking online classes on various topics. I'm trying here. I am also still trying to make it up to my parents and I've written them emails after emails explaining myself and apologizing.

But right now I just need some reality check and hard judgment from strangers. So, rebbit, AITA?

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