i have a question that may come off wrong, please feel free to ignore. but i'm wondering if you feel that in some way your parents may have intended to limit your independence by neglecting your education? (also, you do not come off as clueless, if that means anything from a random online stranger)
Mine did with homeschooling
And thank you, it does make me feel a little better that I don't come off as clueless. Most days I feel like a chicken running around in a confused panic if that makes any sense LMAO
I definitely wonder that, sometimes. My stepdad (my biological father unfortunately has been out of the picture since I was 8) doesn't seem to really care much at all, hasn't been a part of my education whatsoever. and my mother has a bunch of her own issues that I've been begging her to get into-
-therapy for. Very dysfunctional family overall, and some days it seems like my mother WANTS me to be independent, then switches up and wants me to be dependent. I can never tell with her, and for other reasons, I'm pretty confident she's dealing with delusions of grandeur. It's pretty exhausting.
i can relate, some parts of that sound very familiar. my hunch is i think you'll find you have what it'll take to figure things out for yourself.
I appreciate that, thank you. ^-^