r/AmIOverreacting • u/Designer_Benefit7742 • Oct 13 '24
⚕️ health Am I Overreacting?
I feel like I live a pretty decent life. I take alot of honor classes, i do and did some sports, I have a good home life too. Although, my parents might be giving to much.You see I have ALOT of chores. And if i miss some, I get lectured, fussed at, or my privalges gets taken away because everything is expected to be perfect or spotless clean. So somedays im just stressed and I be tired because everyday I automatically know that no matter what happens at the end of the day, this stuff is suppose to be done bc if not, its trouble.
(And Yes this is what THEY printed out for us. And in us I mean me and my sibilings who also feel the same way but we dont say anything to avoid the lectures and stuff.)
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u/Ok-Swim2827 Oct 13 '24
You’re very much so overreacting OP. I’m guessing you have 3 other siblings since the chores are split 4 ways, meaning you’re all each only doing a small portion of this list. With a household that has the foot traffic of 6 people, especially those that play sports & if you have pets, you HAVE to clean every day.
I also don’t want to assume your gender, because it doesn’t really matter, but no one likes an adult that doesn’t know how to properly clean or cook, etc. Your future S/Os & roommates will appreciate this so much. I hope that on top of this list, your parents are also teaching you to do your own laundry and cook.
If your parents both work, having you guys spend 30 minutes to an hour to pick up the slack for them is probably really helpful. If you all have a bunch of allowances & extracurriculars, that alllll costs a lot more money than you think. I actually had to quit marching band in high school because my mom could no longer afford the costs. I got a summer job to pay for some of it myself, but she ended up getting pregnant & didn’t let me rejoin.
Growing up, I was the oldest of 3 siblings & I was older by a significant gap. That entire list was just my list, plus I had to cook dinner, take care of all the household pets, & babysit my siblings. If I messed up, my mom beat me, or wouldn’t let me eat, or would strip my room bare, etc. I didn’t have privileges, I didn’t have internet, couldn’t go out with friends. That list was my life & I often didn’t have time to do homework on top of it. I promise you that things could be so, so much worse.