i was talking to my boyfriend about my parents and i suddenly made a connection that i somehow missed? i was ranting about how i tried to get my parents to let me invite him over for dinner tonight (cause it’s valentine’s day) and they spent 20 minutes telling me that he secretly hates me, is ashamed of me and is hiding me from his parents. he started getting worried that they didn’t like him, and i told him that they did that with all my friends. then i realized, they did that with /all of my friends/. every person i’ve ever been friends with was slandered by my parents until i was convinced they all hated me and only hung out with me out of pity. my parents destroyed every bond i’ve ever made with anyone all because they don’t want to drive me anywhere or have to let people come over. they literally told me “it’s a burden to get involved in your bullshit life, you should be able to do shit without us” and everything just clicked. i’ve lost so many friendships and so many wonderful people in my life just because my parents don’t want to actually support their child. i’m fucking sick of living here.