Among the topmost nerve-wracking events in life, according to the universal stress scale, is a change in your family member’s health — something that most of us go through, sooner or later, when our dear and aging parents can’t take care of themselves. Here they were, taking care of you, taking you to school and picking you up when you’re down. Now, the roles have switched and it’s your time to support your folks, sometimes requiring you to uproot your own personal life and move back in with them.
While this may be an opportunity to spend some quality time with your elders, reminisce about the good ol’ days in a town that formed you as a person — these things are a bit more complicated for people from LGBTQ communities.
As this Redditor explains in his ‘Am I The [Jerk]‘ story, moving back in with his aging folks simply wasn’t an option because his conservative, Christian hometown wasn’t a place for a gay man. It wasn’t then and it isn’t now. Naturally, telling parents that you have no intention to make such a sacrifice for them stirred up negative reception from the whole family.
Unsure whether he did the right thing, this man turned to the trusted ‘Am I The [Jerk]’ community to get some much-needed perspective.
Going against his elderly parents’ wishes to move back in with them, this man shared his reasoning and sought perspective from the AITA community
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People were unanimous that the author was very reasonable with his decision and that his family should be more understanding of where he’s coming from
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