Not to sound too harshly judgmental, but in order to get respect as an adult, you need to earn it by being an adult - even when the current lack of respect is coming from your parent(s). Seriously, still living with your parents and not being employed in your mid-twenties doesn't warrant a great deal of respect. You need to get yourself employed and stop depending on your parents to continue supporting you. Look at this from your parent's perspective. While they may not show their disappointment directly in front of you, they've spent twenty plus years of their lives raising and supporting you, and they likely did not plan on spending that long to do so. They may be at a point in their lives where they need to start planning for retirement, long-term care insurance, doing their own thing as a couple independent of their grown children, traveling, etc....and your continued dependence on them may be holding them back from that.
Is it normal for parents to be two-faced
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Not to sound too harshly judgmental, but in order to get respect as an adult, you need to earn it by being an adult - even when the current lack of respect is coming from your parent(s). Seriously, still living with your parents and not being employed in your mid-twenties doesn't warrant a great deal of respect. You need to get yourself employed and stop depending on your parents to continue supporting you. Look at this from your parent's perspective. While they may not show their disappointment directly in front of you, they've spent twenty plus years of their lives raising and supporting you, and they likely did not plan on spending that long to do so. They may be at a point in their lives where they need to start planning for retirement, long-term care insurance, doing their own thing as a couple independent of their grown children, traveling, etc....and your continued dependence on them may be holding them back from that.