Growing up has a way of changing your perspective in the most unexpected ways.

So, what would you do if stepping into full-time work didn’t just reshape how you see adulthood but shifted how you see your parents, too? Would you try to change your perspective? Or would you double down on it?

In the following story, one adult child finds themselves thinking about this very thing and is unsure how to feel. Here’s what’s going on.

One of the saddest parts about joining the workforce is how much it affected my relationship with my parents.

I’m not sure if anyone had this moment in their teens or 20s when they began to work full-time, but it just fundamentally changed how I viewed my parents.

On one hand, I was so appreciative of the years of work they put in while I was just a stupid kid.

But on the other hand, I felt angry that this was the reality of the world.

The whole thing has left him with a negative feeling.

I still feel like I have a fractured relationship with both of them, and it almost always revolves around work or money.

I can see why so many couples are choosing not to have kids.

They see that being employees and parents can feel impossible.

Wow! That’s kind of a sad reality.

Let’s see what advice the people over at Reddit have to offer.

Here’s someone who can relate.

According to this person, they stopped liking working as a teen.

So true.

This reader is confused.

Most people can relate, and that’s why growing up is the worst!

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