Anonymous #1 1w

No one will ever be good enough for them unless it’s someone they’ve contracted for me that plays into their opinions

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Anonymous #1 1w

He was prepared to ask but they’ve blown up despite loving him before because they don’t wanna loose ownership of me

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Anonymous liltexan 1w

Yes and I don’t see a man comming along anytime soon to love me and want anything other than sex if I let them ruin this I will regret this.

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Anonymous #4 6d

Because I’m in undergrad?

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Anonymous OP 6d

I also live in an incredibly expensive area of the country and you literally need to make over 100000 a year to not worry about money

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Anonymous OP 6d

I'm 22 in undergrad and engaged. My fiancé and I are financially independent from our families. You can make it work if you plan carefully.

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Anonymous #4 6d

How do you make that work? I have no car to get to a job, no living space to call my own aside from a dorm, and very little ability to balance things due to autistic burnout

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Anonymous OP 6d

I also have really bad mental health issues from years of abuse

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Anonymous OP 6d

My fiance is 25 and works as an engineer. We both went to college in state and chose not to take on student debt. That helps a lot. We rent ($1800/month) and both have our own cars. I worked at a gas station and saved up 5k as a pre college cushion. We both come from low income families (got maximum pell grant in college) so having our families pay for stuff was never an option. I've worked all through undergrad too.

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Anonymous #4 6d

Unfortunately I don’t qualify for a Pell grant and he’s not an engineer that makes money like that. I go in state as well. I also have the same amount of money saved up but it goes so fast and can’t possibly sustain us for more than two months. My college scholarship is through my dad that works as a university employee so if I leave loose that

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Anonymous OP 6d

If you got married youd likely qualify for a pell grant. With the trauma I can relate, but eventually you have to figure out how to live after it (not trying to sound insensitive I have a ptsd diagnosis from being repeatedly molested as a child). I liked the body keeps the score for dealing with my trauma and the defining decade for figuring out how to take hold of my 20s. My family also gave me push back when we moved in together and later announced our engagement but I told them to get over it

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Anonymous #4 6d

Yes same I was sexually abused as a teen and physically as well as potentially sexually and def emotionally abused as a child. Life has been hard and I have zero executive function. Ngl I wish I still had a social worker to help me figure this all out

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Anonymous #4 6d

Thanks for the book rec I have the body keeps score and the courage to heal I should work thru them more but ever since loosing my first trauma therapist I have had such a roadblock I need to break to do it. I just bought the twenties book :)

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Anonymous OP 6d

See if your college has mental health resources that you can use. Getting out from under your parents thumb can help with feeling safer and more in control of your life which can help with executive dysfunction

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Anonymous #4 6d

I do. I’m part of the MySpace program for people with ptsd and other neurodivergencies ironically my parents pay for that. I have a therapist there

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Anonymous OP 6d

I should probably see if they can make a list for me on what to work on with a social worker if I can get a free referral

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Anonymous OP 6d

Making a list can help. Its also okay to say what you need to say to your parents in order to survive in the meantime. Dont rush into anything with your fiance but dont let your parents make the choices for you. You are an adult, so only make decisions that you would be happy living with the results of

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