"I need to vent because the weight of my past is crushing me. Since childhood, I have never felt true love from my parents. I was always just a tool for their convenience.
When I started earning, my mother used to take all my money. Today, when I am in need, she has nothing for me. My parents’ marriage was a sham—my mother was only waiting for my grandmother (Nani) to pass away. As soon as she died, my mother divorced my father to claim my Nani’s house for herself.
To keep the property, she kicked my brother out of the house. But the most shocking part? After throwing us out and getting a divorce, she secretly got married again without even telling us. She has moved on with a new life, leaving her own children behind for a house.
As for my father, he only talks to me now because he wants a share in that property. Since he is divorced, he cannot contact my mother directly, so he is using me as a middleman to get to that house. He doesn't care about my pain or my marriage; he only cares about the bricks and mortar of my Nani's home.
Even my marriage—though it was a love marriage—they never bothered to check if the guy was right for me. They just wanted to be free of me. My mother treats distant relatives' daughters like her own, but she treats me like a stranger.
I feel so betrayed. One parent abandoned me for a secret marriage and property, and the other is only talking to me for his own greed. How am I supposed to heal when my own parents have never seen me as a daughter, but only as a pawn in their games?"