I was born in Central Vietnam in the early 90s. Since I was young, my parents have not been happy due to my father’s alcoholism. When I was studying at a university far from home, I occasionally received phone calls about fights started by my father or between my older brothers. After graduation, I worked in an office with a low salary, so I decided to return home to start my own business. My income is currently quite stable at around VND20 million (US$790) per month.
My parents have many children, but none of my siblings are well-off. I always try to share my money and help them, as well as take care of food and other expenses for the whole family. When one of my older brothers went bankrupt, I stepped in to pay his debts, and my parents later gave me the land they had previous transferred to my brother.
My business faced difficulties a while later, and I told my parents to sell the property for money. Once it was sold, my siblings demanded a share of the money, and various issues arose. They made up all sorts of lies to convince our relatives and neighbors that I took the money and ran off.
With the money from selling that land, I bought a small piece of land elsewhere for the family and paid for my father’s heart surgery and my brother’s debts. However, they continued to insult and spread all kinds of rumors about me. Out of seven siblings, three have turned their backs and harshly criticized me.
I still take care of the family and help out for the bankrupt brother, whose income is unstable, and his wife, who is unemployed. But even the two of them have spoken ill of me and even occasionally disrupt my business when they are drunk.
Fortunately, my relatives and neighbors know me well, so they understand that I did nothing wrong. My mother has cut ties with the three siblings, and the other sisters and I have also given up on them.
The pressure of running a business is exhausting, yet my family life has added to that. I know I can make money here and will be fine financially, but I really want to move somewhere else.
What should I do?
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