My mom found out that I’m planning to move away to go change college. She has never supported my ambitions. In fact she told me I can to college to become a receptionist. She is very conservative and is proud of it. In her mind I’m being selfish for wanting more. She society where women were strongly discouraged from getting an education. In her society a woman’s sole purpose was to have children and be homemakers. That they were to be subordinates to their husband.

Her support for depends on where I’m at in life. If being mediocre and not achieving anything she’s fine. What bothers me the most is that it breaks her heart that I want to leave her. Usually she flies into a rage and I get discouraged and give up. She called me out the other day because I didn’t want be a Walmart cashier for the rest of my life. She told me you’re only 34 and you’re having job burn out.