Originally posted by Andie
But I'm tired of trying to make them happy, I want to do something to make me happy. I think getting away from this fight would make me happy. I feel guilty though like I'm abandoning my family and now they are totally gonna fall apart. Should I be guilty for letting myself try and be happy for a little while, while my family isn't?

Andie,

I know this story all too well. I've been in the very shoes you are treading in right now. Only thing is that it was my education and making my FATHER happy not me. I've spent the last six years persuing a degree in Business to satisfy him instead of what I really wanted to do. I also was dating Marines that he deemed worthy of his daughter, and they were all jerks. I'm paying for it now. I finish my Business degree in May of this year, but I don't have the satisfaction that I want. Instead I'm spending another six years going back to school to become what I've always wanted to be. An RN. I regret not making myself happy for the past six years. Please don't make the same mistake. Do what you think is best for YOU and no one else. I fortunately don't have to marry a Marine that I could never love. I'm instead marry someone who has my heart and my happiness in his best interest. My LeeRoy.