hello. i have been alone my entire life. i generally keep very small circles of friends and family to ensure full dedication to the people i care about. sadly it seems that even though i have decent family and friends, choosing to live single with no restrictions makes me a child to them in a few ways. i lost my job a few years back due to a back injury. then when i was cleared for work my truck broke. now im 28 and living with my parents but i am not a mooch. i have supported my parents in many ways for several years and even payed over $800 a month to live with my parents to help them pay off bills while putting gas in their vehicles. i have been independent since i was 13. i grew up paying my mothers bills and rent as she worked, i even helped with her taxes. this is what really aggravated me.

my father and step mother view me as a child in some ways yet i have done more in the 28 years of my life than they have in theirs. my father is well aware that i have no intention of ever having children or getting married and he has never said anything about it yet he views me like a teen at times, i am not sure if its him not being able to accept that im almost 30, or that in his mind not wanting a family makes me a child?.

this issue involves my close friends as well, i have a good friend who is like a brother to me, he has two kids and is divorced. we used to hang out almost everyday because we worked together and i used to ride in with him (i gave gas money). and a few times he has made comments that the reason why i had so much money was because i had no bills and i lived off my family. at the time i had a truck that i bought outright, i payed $800 a month in rent plus i gave more if my family needed help with fuel or food. i had a phone and internet in my name, but i lived with my family to help them get ahead. now i plan on getting a small house in the woods, in reality i hate living with other people but with no job it's quite hard to get that ball rolling. one thing that i would like to point out is that my friend quit his job and left me without a way into work for awhile. made comments to me about how i lived BUT he admitted to me that his new truck, his rent and phone were all caught up thanks to mommy. skip ahead a year and now he has a camero, two bikes and a new truck plus he's getting a house. all thanks to his mom keeping his credit up by paying his bills. i literally have no support system, i never have. yet i'm seen as lower for living with family. now he's going for another kid and him and his girlfriend are passively trying to get me to jump in and get into a relationship and have kids. i told them that i have no plans on ever getting married or having kids and it seemed to piss them off. the last time i saw him was christmas of last year. he has been home several times. im never invited over. me, him and his girlfriend were all really close and now it seems like im the blacksheep. is it time to just go rogue and leave them behind? have any of you gone through being treated as lesser for being MGTOW by friends and family?