Son's Estranged Parents Demand To Move Into His Home After Finding Out He's Wealthy

Dec 02, 2021 by apost team

Every parent hopes that their child will grow up to be more successful than them. They usually want nothing but the best for their children but sometimes show that in ways that can actually be harmful. A 37-year-old man from Sydney, Australia, explained that he comes from a family that is filled with doctors and that his parents saw the profession as the only acceptable one.

However, this was not the dream career he had for himself, as he wanted to be an actor and have a social media career. As a result, his parents completely cut ties with him. They kicked him out of their home and had zero contact with him for almost two decades.

During that time, his parents moved to the United Kingdom while his sister and older brother worked in the medical field. The man also ventured into another career that he was very successful in. 

Once the pandemic hit, the family started to reconnect, and the man’s parents and brother were actually going to be moving back to Sydney. His parents were met with an astonishing surprise when they saw the home the man lived in. It was clear that he was very financially stable.

In his culture, it’s common for the parents to live with their eldest child, but once they saw the man’s house, they demanded to move in. He declined, resulting in a huge fight between him and his parents. The man went to Reddit in November 2021 to ask users who they thought was in the wrong here and for any advice they had.

In his Reddit post, the original poster (OP) talked about how his parents cut ties with him when he was just 17 years old. They wanted him to become a doctor, but he had aspirations to become an actor or build a social media career and do some small business endeavors on the side. “When I told my family this, they kicked me out and we subsequently lost contact for 17 years,” OP said.

During this time, his parents moved to the United Kingdom. His sister became a doctor, and his brother became a neurosurgery specialist. However, the family reconnected during the pandemic, and it turned out that his parents and his brother were moving back to Sydney for “lifestyle reasons” and because his brother got a great-paying job.

Since reconnecting, OP’s parents never asked him about his career and assumed he hadn’t made it big. While they were right that his social media and acting career never took off, they were wrong about how successful OP turned out. “I did however ‘make it big’ as an investment banker and recently made partner at the bank I work,” he said.

When OP met up with his parents to help them go house hunting, they realized that they wouldn’t be able to afford a home in the areas they wanted to live in. “When we decided to call it a day and regroup they suggested going to my place before going out to dinner,” OP said. When they got there, his parents were shocked to find out that he lived somewhere so nice.

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Surprisingly, his parents accused him of lying to them for years about how wealthy he was and even said it was “probably illegally gained.” They also said they’d be living with him instead of his brother. “I laughed at them and reminded them that they bet on my brother and sister, not me, and that they have a better chance of living with my neighbors than me,” OP said.

His parents threatened to cut him out of their will and haven’t talked to him since. OP’s siblings think he should have told them about his success, but he reasoned that he had public social media profiles, so they could have looked him up if they wanted to.

Reddit users seemed to be on OP’s side, though and left comments commending the way he handled the situation. One user said, “Let them know you’re successful? Why? So they’d talk to you again simply to see what they can get out of you? Thanks but no thanks. You handled this just right.” OP replied and explained that it was “very much a cultural thing.”

Another user commented, “Sorry that they are not interested in you as a person but only as a status symbol. Very sad. Congratulations on your great career though.” OP replied to the user, giving more insight into what happened. “Not even me, they did suggest that I move out and let my brother, his children and them live in my house,” he said. “It was amusing to say the least.”

Do you think this man was right or wrong not to let his parents move in with him? What would you do in his situation? Let us know, and be sure to pass this along to your loved ones, too.