From: Nancy
\nSubject: Am I wrong for feeling like my stepdad wasted my college fund, even though he saved it?<\/p>\n
Summary: Growing up, I was embarrassed by my stepdad Rob\u2019s job as a cleaner. His small salary barely kept us afloat, so I quietly gave up my dream of college, thinking it wasn\u2019t possible.<\/p>\n
Years later, at 23, I was working full-time and feeling unfulfilled when Rob handed me a folder that changed everything. Inside was a $50,000 college fund he\u2019d been saving since I was a child. I was overwhelmed and grateful, but resentment crept in. I had given up on my dreams, not knowing he was quietly preparing for my future. Now, I\u2019m struggling to reconcile my feelings\u2014am I wrong for feeling like this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From: Nancy Subject: Am I wrong for feeling like my stepdad wasted my college fund, even though he saved it? Summary: Growing up, I was embarrassed by my stepdad Rob\u2019s job as a cleaner. His small salary barely kept us afloat, so I quietly gave up my dream of college, thinking it wasn\u2019t possible. Years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22624,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22623\/revisions\/22624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}