Young Man Confronts Dilemma As Parents Seek Reconciliation After Disowning Him Some Years Back Over His Career Choice

Family, they say, is the pillar of life. But the same family can also inflict the deepest cuts, and these scars take a lifetime to mend.

Our narrator’s (Original Poster’s) passion for filmmaking led to a painful rupture with his parents and siblings, all of whom had different aspirations for his future. 

OP came from a family of high achievers, the offspring of African immigrants with big dreams. They picked white-collar careers for all their children, and OP was no exception. 

With a doctor, lawyer, and engineer already within the family, OP was ordained as the next engineer. There was no contesting this.

He followed this path dutifully up until college, where he met a partner who altered his path forever. OP’s college girlfriend was in film school, and filmmaking had always piqued his interest. He began a self-taught cinematic journey with her help, shooting everything in sight until he became a maestro. 

OP excelled so well that it became his side hustle; he’d shoot music videos and documentaries during his free time. By the time OP graduated, he had decided where his passions lay - the only problem was breaking the news to his parents.

Well, they found out the hard way when OP chose a South Asian documentary shoot over an engineering internship. It didn’t go down well with his family, who kicked him out; only one sibling showed support.

Fast forward to the present, and our filmmaker is now a success story, financially independent, and soon to be married. Suddenly, his mother extends an olive branch, seeking forgiveness. 

OP misses his parents, but the wounds still run deep. Can family, the source of pain, also hold the cure?