I don't want to, even though they are extremely toxic, and anyone who lived through my living situation probably would. After around elementary school, I was not even given the bare minimum compared to what everyone else around me had (except in terms of clothing and food, which is the only thing they seemed to enjoy spending money on) despite them making a really good amount of money, having great credit scores, having absolutely no debt or other expensive finances, and living extremely modestly for what they made. The area in which I lived was extremely cheap to live in.
I almost always thought they were actually broke all the time until I found out very recently, and the news really pissed me off. Besides one other not very good laptop I had, I was legitimately using a Windows XP computer and had DSL Internet until 2014. If I had a school project, I used to have to present it on 3.5" floppy disks, or if I was lucky, I would be able to use the only USB drive in the entire house. I wouldn't even ask them for school books and shit because the response I would always get is "I'm broke," despite the fact that I found out that even through these times, they made well into the six figure range.
Currently it's a messy divorce with a lot of bullshit going on that they're bringing me into, even though they shouldn't, as I have nothing to do with anything. I get bombarded with a bunch of ridiculous and verbally inflammatory texts every single day by both of my parents, usually directed at another. It's really pissing me off at this point.
