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When was the moment you realized your parents betrayed you? I've been eating instant noodles for six days straight. Not because I like them. Because my bank account says $4.17. I'm 19. Living alone. Paying my own rent, my own tuition, my own everything — while my parents tell me they're broke. That there's just no money to help. Meanwhile my 13-year-old sister just got a brand new iPhone. New clothes every month. She went to a theme park last week. Last week. While I was skipping meals. I to