WIBTA if I quit my stable job to go full time on my business without telling my parents beforehand because I know they'll just talk me out of it?
I've been running a small business on the side for about two years now. it started as something I did after work and on weekends and it has grown to the point where it's making real money. not "fun money" money. like actually significant, consistent, this could be my whole life money.
my 9 to 5 is fine. it pays okay, it's stable, nobody is mean to me. but I am absolutely miserable in it and I have been for a while. I stay because it feels safe and because leaving feels like the kind of decision you're supposed to think about for a long time.
here's the thing. I have thought about it for a long time. I've run the numbers. I have savings. the business has been consistently growing for months. I'm not being impulsive. I've actually been more strategic about this than almost any decision I've ever made.
but my parents are the type who will hear "I'm quitting my job" and completely shut down before I can get to the part where I explain that I'm not being reckless. my mom will cry. my dad will give me the stability speech. and I love them but I genuinely think telling them beforehand will just create weeks of stress and pushback that will make me second guess something I am actually sure about.
I'm an adult. I support myself. this is technically my decision to make.
WIBTA if I just did it and told them after?