What are your opinions on parents who don't care about your happiness?

Asked by Aubs427 (421) February 28th, 2011 from iPhone

If you had parents who told you “happiness doesn’t matter; it’s all about money”. And, attempted to control the decisions you make. What if they’re good manipulators saying they love you, but don’t care if you get sick or hurt or injured severely? Or acting like they love you by using material items to push you towards certain decisions? Or used their life to dictate yours?

I had moved out, but moved back into my parents house because my mother begged me and had listed all these things about control and backing off (curfews, money control, career, etc), but didn’t keep up with all the promises.

At the end of the day, they are never happy with my life. With the jobs I work. Whether I’m in school or not. And they don’t care if I’m not happy because they’ve said it themselves.

Do I just give up on them as parents and move out again knowing (they stated) they’ll “wash their hands of me and disown me an act like I was never their daughter”? Or do I continue to ride this out until they accept me as my own person?