The Oldest Daughter

I feel sometimes forced to almost place my pressures that I have in my life and hold expectations for others - this projection can be very unhealthy for the relationships that I wish to sustain. I wish I could say that there are things that we can do but unfortunately a lot of this comes down to parental pressure and how we mitigate that relationship. None of us really want to lose our relationship with our parents or feel like we have to choose one or the other but sometimes it can be very hard to balance how we understand the world and how we have to see it through their eyes. In my opinion, open communication can solve a lot of our problems and it’s important to say to the people that we love the pressures we feel and how we choose to go about it.