I am in a terrible situation right now with my parents. Basically, they gave me a credit card and an apartment last year. I spent too much money and was a bit of a downer at school last semester (passed all classes with a 3.5 though). The made me move back into my house and commute an hour to college since this December. They pressured me into admitting that I smoked weed, and that I had stolen money from them, despite the fact that I simply used my credit card on food, train rides m, and cab rides to school mostly. To put it into perspective, i spent about 1500 a month for three months straight and my parents make like 300k a year. I also have a scholarship to colllege. Instead of giving me a budget, they just blew up on me. It didn’t matter what I said because they convinced themselves that I am a drug addict and are making me go to addiction counseling despite not being addicted to shit.

They keep searching my room, drug testing me, and screaming at me for the smallest things like taking batteries off the counter for my wii remote without asking. They read all my emails and texts because they are convinced I am communicating with “drug people”. I have tried very hard to be on my best behavior, but it is back to square one every time I look a bit tired in the morning or do something like take batteries. The kicker is I’m not even doing anything bad like smoking weed. I literally just read, do my homework, and practice my instrument every day. I also do all the chores around the house as they ask me to.

Despite my best efforts, my parents are very vocal that they “still love me but don’t like me personally”. They have taken me out of their will because of my supposed drug addiction that does not exist. They want me to be put on antidepressants because I am “monotone” after they yell At me. As if im supposed to be delighted and say “yeah! I’m a piece of shit!”

Other travesties I have committed include taking a small amount of money from my pizza delivery tips instead of giving 100% of my earnings to my mom. Let me tell you, cleaning the bathrooms and floors gets really fucking old when you don’t get to spend 10 fucking dollars on a burrito. I haven’t been spending literally any money since December, just giving thousands of dollars I’ve made to my mom. They don’t even feed me, I eat at work every day. I have described my situation to my friends and they say they would never work and give their money to their mom. But I can’t quit because then I’m just sitting in my house more, getting shit on.

I feel so fucked. Forget about girls, I am looking at getting a degree in may and then what? My parents intend for me to live in their house for years since their salary dwarfs mine. They refuse to forgive me for any of my perceived transgressions against them, which are only as bad as what they tricked me into admitting to them. The reality of the situation is that I’m a normal college kid. But as far as my dad is concerned, if I smoked weed even once I may as well have stolen every cent he ever spent on me.

I am at a loss. It has been 3 months and my parents are intent on disowning me no matter what I do. How can I make them stop ripping on me constantly?