I really wish my parents would stop trying to plan my entire future. They had this huge meeting today about 'succession planning' and I just sat there thinking about how much I'd rather be teaching kindergarteners their ABCs or cleaning classrooms until they sparkle. 😔

It's so frustrating when they talk about me taking over the 'family business' - I don't even know what that really is! They're always so vague about it, just saying it's 'import/export' and 'security services.' Meanwhile all I want is to make people happy in simple ways, not sit in some boring office.

Sometimes I wonder if they'd even notice if I just showed up at a local school and started helping clean. I bet the children would be so sweet, and I could maybe even... no, never mind. Even thinking about hugging anyone makes my tits ache and leak. 🙈 The vanilla milk stains would be impossible to explain to a principal anyway.

I just want a normal life where my biggest worry is lesson plans or which cleaning supplies work best on gum, not which executive I'm supposed to intimidate next week. Why can't they see that?