A Teen's Struggle with Adoption and Family Favoritism

A young man, adopted as a baby, found himself feeling left out in his own family. He was adopted by parents who had struggled with infertility, and he believed his birth parents had chosen them to raise him. But everything changed when his parents had a biological child, his sister. He noticed a clear difference in how his parents treated them. His sister received more affection, special nicknames, and constant praise about her resemblance to their parents. Even relatives pointed out the difference, with some cousins saying hurtful things like, \x22If they could send him back, they would. \x22 He felt the imbalance in daily life too. He didn't get the same cuddles, kisses, or one-on-one time with his parents. When he spoke up about his feelings, his parents didn't acknowledge the differences. His sister also added to his pain, saying she wished she had a \x22real\x22 sibling and not a \x22fake\x22 one. Things got worse when he overheard his parents and aunt talking about his sister's future. He learned she had a big college fund, but he had never heard anything about his own future plans. This discovery weighed heavily on him as he approached his senior year. He reached out to his birth parents, but they didn't want a relationship with him. His adoptive parents reacted coldly, and his sister made the situation even worse by saying he had \x22four parents who didn’t want me so I must be broken. \x22 Two weeks before posting on Reddit, his parents asked him to handle his college planning without them. This made him believe they didn't have a college fund for him. When he asked about it, his parents got angry and told him it was none of his business. The tension at home grew, and his sister continued to taunt him about her future fund. Many people on Reddit supported him, saying it was his business whether he had a college fund and that his parents should not avoid important responsibilities.