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I Have To Cook And Clean All The Time?!?

I’m 17 and all I do is go to school come back and find a pile of dishes in the sink, I wash em, I then have to do homework/ study and then cook and make sure my 9 year and 15 year old brothers’ uniforms are not dirty, if they are I then have to wash them and iron it. After I make dinner my parents from work and I them dinner, my dad goes to work at 1pm and comes back at 10 so we have dinner then. I do the dishes and go to bed. The next day this same routine is repeated only sometimes there’s lots of laundry I have to iron.
On weekends my mum will be at work and my dad’s friends will come to the house, which I just cleaned, unannounced, and then I find that I won’t be hanging out with my friends because I have to stay and grill meat for them and cook rice or whatever it is that they want and then when they’re done I have a pile of dishes to do (we don’t have a dish washer because even though I’ve asked for one my dad wont buy it). Basically I feel like a house wife or an unpaid servant, I feel old and trapped and depressed. All I do are chores, no one helps me, my dad won’t even lift a finger, he won’t even wash his own bowl when there’s no other plates in the sink. If he wants tea and a sandwich he will have me make it even when he sees that I am trying to do my homework or am busy with something else, he’ll just sit and watch TV.
Whilst all this is happening my mum is at University doing her diploma and she works as well. My 15 year old is useless, my parents let him go out and give him some money and buy him stuff, I can’t remember the time I went shopping or even hung around aimlessly in town with friends. My parents think my can’t do household work like clean because after all he is a boy. I feel guilty about feeling this way because my parents do work hard and have crap jobs, my dad works in a warehouse which is cold because I guess its like a massive refrigerator and my mother does work, which is also .
I don’t know what to do, all this bitterness is distracting me from school, I and just so angry and pissed off. I have exams in May, if I don’t do well I won’t go to university and leave my parents’ house. I don’t know what to do.
Any suggestions?

6 Comments

  • Mar 23rd 201007:03
    by Jola Jola

    Wait a year…You will be 18 and free to live away from your parents.

  • Mar 23rd 201009:03
    by proudmam

    You need to sit down and have a talk with your parents…I understand that you are 17 and yes you should have some chores but you shouldn’t be left to do everything!!!! You should be concentrating on your school work and having fun with friends you only get to be young once!!!! I hope everything goes well for you :) and good luck!!!!

  • Mar 23rd 201009:03
    by Mia kay

    I’m 17 and all I do is go to school come back and find a pile of dishes in the sink, I wash em, I then have to do homework/ study and then cook and make sure my 9 year and 15 year old brothers’ uniforms are not dirty, if they are I then have to wash them and iron it. After I make dinner my parents comeback from work and I serve them dinner, my dad goes to work at 1pm and comes back at 10 so we have dinner then. I do the dishes and go to bed. The next day this same routine is repeated only sometimes there’s lots of laundry I have to iron.
    On weekends my mum will be at work and my dad’s friends will come to the house, which I just cleaned, unannounced, and then I find that I won’t be hanging out with my friends because I have to stay and grill meat for them and cook rice or whatever it is that they want and then when they’re done I have a pile of dishes to do (we don’t have a dish washer because even though I’ve asked for one my dad wont buy it). Basically I feel like a house wife or an unpaid servant, I feel old and trapped and depressed. All I do are chores, no one helps me, my dad won’t even lift a finger, he won’t even wash his own cereal bowl when there’s no other plates in the sink. If he wants tea and a sandwich he will have me make it even when he sees that I am trying to do my homework or am busy with something else, he’ll just sit and watch TV.
    Whilst all this is happening my mum is at University doing her nursing diploma and she works as well. My 15 year old brother is useless, my parents let him go out and give him some money and buy him stuff, I can’t remember the last time I went shopping or even hung around aimlessly in town with friends. My parents think my brother can’t do household work like clean because after all he is a boy. I feel guilty about feeling this way because my parents do work hard and have crap jobs, my dad works in a warehouse which is cold because I guess its like a massive refrigerator and my mother does care work, which is also unpleasant.
    I don’t know what to do, all this bitterness is distracting me from school, I and just so angry and pissed off. I have exams in May, if I don’t do well I won’t go to university and leave my parents’ house. I don’t know what to do.
    Any suggestions?

  • Mar 23rd 201009:03
    by Gubbywoo

    Look for a day job, wait til you’re 18 and get the hell out of there.

  • Mar 23rd 201009:03
    by Tim

    Sit down with your parents, calmly and in a mature demeanor telling them exactly what you are telling us now. Your parents are hard workers. Your dad deserves to have so socialization, but you are working too hard too, while your brother is not taking part.
    You need to determine what your brother can do to help you out, and the limit of chores you must do to give yourself some personal time off TO LIVE.
    PARENTS ARE SOMETIMES SELFISH OF THINKING MORE OF THEMSELVES AND LOVES SOME CHILDS MORE THAN OTHERS. These parents will let 1 child do all the works if they can and if the child does not voice her concern.
    I HAD A VERY SIMILAR ISSUE, endured it many years, at first happily and later grudgingly, but in the end, I had enough, and made a determination to stop it myself and I just did.

  • Mar 23rd 201012:03
    by Hishika

    Your efforts will pay off one day, but in the mean time I suggest you get the family together and have a discussion in a civil calm manner with no voice raising. Tell them how you feel and how it will help a lot if everyone can do a small part so its not so overbearing on you. You aren’t a maid and it’s not your job alone especially if you have a 15 yr old sibling. even the 9 yr old can at least vacuum or help do laundry.
    TEAM FAMILY EFFORT! :D

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