Family wants me out

Character : 33 years old, female, single. Sales executive. Height 1.63m and weight 54kg.

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I had an accident. I fell off my bike. A passer-by came and helped me. He was so concerned. I said it was ok and somehow I made my way home. I was bleeding and bruised.

When I reached home, nobody noticed. I went to tell my mum I had an accident. She said,”Oh”, and went to attend to my little niece. My dad didn’t even look up from his newspaper. Have I been demoted to this level?

I am the youngest in the family. As a child, I was the pampered one. Now. I am just a nobody. Nobody cares about me any more.

But when my cat scratched the door to be let in, they opened the door. I have become invisible in the home. My value has dropped within the home. When they did the renovation, my brother and his wife still had a room and my parents theirs but I had to sleep in the hall for weeks.

When I don’t sleep well, I feel terrible the day after :( After work, i am tired and need a rest but every body is busy making noise. I tell them to please tone down because I need the rest. They laughed and told me not to hear. Can you imagine that?

What will it be like for me in five years or ten or fifteen years? This house belongs to my parents but it will be given to my brother eventually. Have I become an excess piece of furniture in the home? Some times when I come home, I feel I am intruding or that I am not welcome :(

What have i done wrong Beng? How did things develop to this stage?

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13 Comments to "Family wants me out"

  1. anthony wong on 25 September, 2007

    hi bengbeng,how sad isn’t it. So what answer did u give her bengbeng?

    i just listen. that’a all that’s required of anyone under the circumstances.

  2. Judy on 25 September, 2007

    Yes, what went wrong? How could a child who was once so well loved is now being ignored?

    A mother who once bore the pain of childbirth to this girl has not lost her love? I can’t imagine a mother not loving her own children regardless.

    My prayer is that she finds love from God and that she will be blessed with a bright future. When all things seem impossible, nothing is impossible for God!

    Parents born in China have been through a lot and are unlikely to be fazed by small incidents. The parents love her and etc etc etc but the child in the lady is too strong. She doesn’t realize the new role she has to play at 33 yrs of age is no longer the same as the young child of the family she once was.

  3. Wannabe Economist on 25 September, 2007

    Er, I’m blur, whose story is this?

    A lady who finds it difficult to adjust to changing circumstances :)

  4. LC_Teh on 25 September, 2007

    Possible that she did something unforgivable to the family? Broke some rules? Or did another member of the family has been poisoning the minds of all the rest against her? No judgement without submission of all details…bla bla…

    To me it is the passage of time. She is an adult already and of course priority must be given to the helpless and defenseless. Sooner or later one must learn to give rather than receive. To fold up one’s sleeves and chip in rather than wait to be served

  5. Jeff on 25 September, 2007

    Life is testing. Become strong and pass.

    Welcome back Jeff. In this case, she must grow up. One cannot be a Peter Pan forever.

  6. Wannabe Economist on 25 September, 2007

    Beng beng, do u have an MSN?

  7. Adino on 25 September, 2007

    What a terrible feeling… to be unwanted by your own family.

    it is pressure when no place is sanctuary

  8. anthony wong on 25 September, 2007

    beng, u observation about her seems quite correct. why not let her know? she did ask for ur advise, so maybe even though u feel u should not say anything, maybe u should. tell her what u told us, that she needs to stop acting like a baby and be a grown woman, haha. help out in the house, and pull her own weight while planning to get out and live independantly or get married. i know u dont want to be involved, but the fact she ask u advise shows u are allready involved. can u bear to listen to someone asking u for advise and not giving it to her? remember this is someone who specifically ask u for advise. u r not being a busy body giving unwanted advise here. u will help her a lot.

    i dont agree :) ppl often jus want an ear not a one stop counseling centre

  9. cbenc12 on 25 September, 2007

    I will feel very dissapointed if i am at her shoes. i would even leave and find my own happiness.. but then again, we do not know de whole story..

    Being single, it is not easy. It is unfortunate to be lonely in a crowd

  10. LC_Teh on 25 September, 2007

    Aah… I forgot the old Chinese(?) traditional setting. When you’re a woman at 33, it’s high time you got married and leave the house. There’s no room for you anymore. That’s it.

    Not really all that bad but a little like that, yes i suppose although nothing is spoken right out. But she is much loved too . it is just she needs to appreciate her changing role in the family

  11. wuching on 26 September, 2007

    time for him to move out of the house & be his own person!

    it is difficult for a lady to do so in Sibu

  12. wuching on 27 September, 2007

    oh..i thot its a man! hahahaha

  13. Bengbeng on 27 September, 2007

    wuah Wuching needs some sex education :)

    Brother the basic difference between a man and a lady is ah ah ah..ahem… go and ask doctor

    laugh until my stomach want to burst hahahahahahah

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