Single child daughter refuses to take over family's gas station business, sets her sights on lawschool instead to her parents' dismay: '[They] told me that I'm throwing away an opportunity and disrespecting their sacrifices'

When you have only one child, you're kind of putting all your eggs in one basket. I know, I know; parents with multiple kids will insist that they still have high expectations from each other their children, but being an only child comes with a unique kind of pressure. As an only child myself, I remember feeling like every decision I made had extra weight. Honestly, I still feel that way well into adulthood, like I'm constantly carrying my parents' hopes, sacrifices, and plans. Sometimes it feels like my destiny is written for me, and that any deviation I choose to make independently is met with pushback instead of encouragement. 

That's exactly the bind one young woman finds herself in. Her parents have poured over two decades into running a gas station, and they've always assumed she'd someday take the reins. But she has her own dream; she wants to become a lawye, and she's already working hard to make it happen. Most parents would be overjoyed that their child wants to pursue such a lucrative career, but her parents don't see it as a dream, they see it as betrayal. Now she finds herself caught between gratitude for what her parents built and the desire to build a life that's truly her own.

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