I'm 15 and I feel as if my Mum, Dad and Brother aren't a proper family. I hardly ever speak to my parents and they're always working. I talk to my Dad a few times a day, and my Mum only a couple. To make matters worse, they go out and get completely drunk every weekend. Most of the time it's a Friday AND a Saturday, sometimes even on the Sunday too.
I'm just sick of behaving. Most of my other friends go out every weekend and get drunk, some even smoke. But I don't. I never drink and I wouldn't ever turn to smoking. I hardly ever go out with my friends either, I can just never be bothered. I'm getting kinda sick of looking after my Mum and Dad when they come in drunk, falling over and such. We NEVER sit down to meals (I don't think we ever have), we never watch films together, we don't even go out anywhere. I get really good grades at school, but when I tell them they never know what I'm talking about and don't understand.
I see my Brother a lot but we're fighting a lot of the time. He goes out with his friends on a weekend too, so I'm always in the house on my own. My Mum and Dad are never interested in how I'm doing at School. They know none of my teachers, none of my results, they don't even know what year/grade I'm in. I just feel as if I'm on my own all of the time, I talk to my other friends about it and they always talk about how they've got to get home quick because their Mum or Dad is making their tea. And to be honest, I just feel as if their life is perfect. I have to cook for myself and even when I make meals at school for my Food Technology GCSE, they never try them and I just have to eat them myself. I have to make-up stuff to put in my coursework about what my family thought about the food I made.
This probably sounds like I'm feeling sorry for myself, but I'm not. I just hate how my life is, other people seem to have perfect lives and I'm stuck in this independent life of my own. Is anyone else in the same situation, and does anyone have any advice?
I'm just sick of behaving. Most of my other friends go out every weekend and get drunk, some even smoke. But I don't. I never drink and I wouldn't ever turn to smoking. I hardly ever go out with my friends either, I can just never be bothered. I'm getting kinda sick of looking after my Mum and Dad when they come in drunk, falling over and such. We NEVER sit down to meals (I don't think we ever have), we never watch films together, we don't even go out anywhere. I get really good grades at school, but when I tell them they never know what I'm talking about and don't understand.
I see my Brother a lot but we're fighting a lot of the time. He goes out with his friends on a weekend too, so I'm always in the house on my own. My Mum and Dad are never interested in how I'm doing at School. They know none of my teachers, none of my results, they don't even know what year/grade I'm in. I just feel as if I'm on my own all of the time, I talk to my other friends about it and they always talk about how they've got to get home quick because their Mum or Dad is making their tea. And to be honest, I just feel as if their life is perfect. I have to cook for myself and even when I make meals at school for my Food Technology GCSE, they never try them and I just have to eat them myself. I have to make-up stuff to put in my coursework about what my family thought about the food I made.
This probably sounds like I'm feeling sorry for myself, but I'm not. I just hate how my life is, other people seem to have perfect lives and I'm stuck in this independent life of my own. Is anyone else in the same situation, and does anyone have any advice?