u/Educational-Power222 — reddlx

I literally joined Reddit like 30 seconds ago, and I need opinions from strangers from the internet...yeah, I know. Crazy.

I'll put my BS in bulletpoints.

For reference, I'm a 24F living with my mother and 20M brother.

In AUG 2025, I was away for military training for 2 weeks and on the last day, I found out my Dad died.
I got laid off from my job the SAME day and my boss didn't tell me about it until 2 weeks later because they didn't want to "stress me out even more". Who knows what other jobs I may have missed out on.
Few weeks later, our landlord's selling the house. We have until 30 MAY to get out.
I was unemployed for nearly 2 months because the job market is shit rn (esp for Gen Z). I finally got a job working at a package warehouse with my brother.
That job was a PT night job that paid me around $300 a week.
I'm in debt of nearly $40k+ with my car being $25k and the rest being credit cards. (also, wdym an oil change is $190 at Mercedes Benz!?)
While I was on orders, one of my long time friends messaged me outta nowhere and told me "fuck u for ur political beliefs" and cut me off. (he just texted me today and told me he was lonely and wanted someone to talk to. i told him since he told me my karma's my dad's death and etc, his karma for telling me allat BS was his house burning down) it's alright. I'm not going to let a guy who graped me hurt my feelings.
I cut off my closest cousin because she made me waste $800 on BTS tickets and didn't pay me back even though I gave her 2 weeks to do so (and she said she'd have the money by then). She didn't even respond to me. LET ALONE OPEN MY MESSAGE. I didn't cut her off because of that. But it def was the last straw. I always defended her in everything and anything she did.
I'm unemployed currently. I quit my warehouse job because it was giving me real bad migraines. Felt like throwing up. I'd tell my team leader, "I'm going to the bathroom to throw up." He'd nod and say, "Okay." Then I was expected to get on line and start working right away again...
The job market is absolutely insane. But I understand no employer wants to hire an uneducated girl with no degree. My fault, I know
I dropped $1k on my sick 14 year old Chihuahua for medical expenses. My mother didn't want to help me. My brother told me, "He's not getting a single cent from me." So I'm taking care of him.
I haven't been active in the romance area of my life for so long, I feel like dropping everything just to become a nun lol. I've just been invested in reading my bookies and playing Love and Deepspace (a real banger by the way).
Dealing with writer's block for a debut novel I'm working on.
My mother...ohhh my. I could say a lot about her. Um...since my Dad died, my mother's priorities are out of order.
- She'd rather spend money on take out for her multiple boyfriends she's met online.
- She goes clubbing like a 20 year old.
- She used to drink every night by herself all night 'til she sleeps.
- She's charging us rent now. (Yes, I understand my brother and I are adults now, and we should pay rent, but it doesn't feel right knowing she's collecting our money to go get 3 nose piercings, dye her hair platinum blonde, go tanning and spend money on her boyfriends, get lip fillers, etc.)
- She now has an eye doctor boyfriend who's chopped ash and is cheap and drinks wine while watching sports all day, everyday.

My post reached it's max, but essentially...wtf is actually going on???