Her Parents Tried To Sabotage Her Dream Internship Since They Don’t Approve Of Her Becoming A Marine Biologist, And She Doesn’t Think She Can Ever Forgive Them
Ever since this 20-year-old woman was a little girl, she’s dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. So, her love of the ocean and sea creatures fueled every decision she ever made when it came to her education.
“I worked hard in school, got a scholarship to a great university, and finally, after years of effort, I landed an internship at one of the most prestigious marine research institutes in the country,” she recalled.
The internship was extremely competitive, too, so landing the position made her feel like she was finally on the path to achieving her dreams – and all of her hard work had been worth it.
But her family wasn’t as excited as she was. Her parents have apparently always been more traditional and thought she’d only be able to find success by pursuing a career in law, medicine, or business. The idea of her going into marine biology, on the other hand, never made them happy.
So, once she found out she landed the internship and excitedly told her family, they had a very lackluster response. She expected them to at least be proud of her. Yet, they just acted dismissively.
“My dad said it was ‘just a phase’ and that I’d ‘come to my senses’ eventually. My mom was worried about my safety and the financial instability of such a career,” she revealed.
“I tried to explain how much this meant to me, but they just didn’t get it.”
Regardless, she still moved to a new city – where the marine research institute is located – for her internship. And at that point, things in her family became even more dramatic.
All of a sudden, her parents began incessantly calling her. They kept urging her to “rethink” her career choice and pressuring her to return home.
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Then, one day, her parents actually contacted the marine research institute, pretended to be her, and attempted to turn down the internship behind her back!
“Luckily, the institute reached out to me for confirmation, and I was able to straighten things out,” she said.
Even so, her parents’ behavior made her feel both unsupported and betrayed. That’s why she decided to cut contact with her family for the time being.
In her mind, she needs to just focus on her internship and her budding career without constantly being hounded by her family’s negativity. So, she wound up blocking their phone numbers and stopped replying to any of their emails.
Now, that was a few months ago. However, her family has not stopped trying to contact her, and more recently, they’ve begun accusing her of being both selfish and cruel for cutting them off like that.
“They argue that my parents were just worried about me and wanted what’s best for me. My parents have also tried to reach out, saying they’re sorry but still insisting I reconsider my career,” she vented.
But while she feels guilty for cutting contact with her parents, she doesn’t think she’ll ever be able to forgive her parents for trying to sabotage her dream internship. And she’s not sure if that makes her the jerk or not.
How would you feel if your family was so negative about your dream career? Did she have a right to cut them off? What would you have done?
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