In January of my junior year of high school I was fired from my job at McDonald’s because my boss couldn’t except the fact that I was still in high school and had commitments outside of normal school hours. After this I went on a job search that didn’t go very well as it took me three months to find another job and during this time my mother would constantly say to me “get off your fat ass and get a job, I’m tired of you sitting in front of the damn tv every weekend!” I finally got a job at our local grocery store and when I went to give the good news to my parents after the interview this exchange happens

Me: I got a job at the grocery store!

Mom: NO! What about your schoolwork, you’re in band, orchestra, the musical, this job will take you away from all of that.

Me: so let me get this straight you have been hounding me for three months because I’m unemployed and now that I have a job you’re still mad?

Mom: but you’re still in school and you’re in all these activities! if you wanna hold this job you’re gonna have to drop out of band, orchestra, the musical, everything!

Me: you do know that I wanna go to college for music right?

Mom: yeah so?

Me: at that point I should just drop out of high school.

Mom: why would you wanna do that?

Me: well it’s obvious you want me to have a job more than anything so I might as well drop out, get a GED, and focus the rest of my life on work.

(At this moment my father who had been listening to this entire conversation face palms himself)

Mom: you’re too stupid for a GED!

My father then called me into the bedroom to put away some laundry that my mother had finished for me he then told me that he is tired of me and my mother constantly fighting about literally everything. I then took the laundry to my bedroom lock the door and did some thing that I regret.

I then went on a rant on Snapchat that involved me contemplating suicide. I even attempted that night, because I had gone years fighting with my mother about literally everything because I was never good enough for her. This moment showed me that there was no pleasing her, she had gone three months calling me a fat slob because I couldn’t find a job after I was just recently fired. And then I get a job and she’s still not happy, and when I tell her that I’m gonna drop out of high school to make her happy because she made it clear in those three months that she wanted me to have a job more than anything, she said I was too stupid for a document that’s equivalent to a high school diploma.

A lot of my friends from school saw what I have been posting and after class it ended I met with one of my friends by the band hall and while standing outside of the band directors room I told her everything and I finished the story by saying “you know what I wanna get a GED just to prove a fucking point to her!” After hearing this my band Director opened the door and said “can I speak to you?” I then walk into his office he shuts the door behind me and says “ I want to get a GED to prove a fucking point to her. Did something happen that no one told me about?” I told him about the fight I had with my mother the night before and he told me that it will all be over soon.

I’m glad that I moved out of her house because now I feel like we have a much better relationship because I’m not living with her anymore, but this isn’t the only story I have about her and it’s probably not even the worst.