Yeah, I had the same reaction about the migraines. My mum thought my migraines were just me whining and trying to get out of things, too, and that was in a happy home. In this home it sounds like a nightmare.
(Also, god, yes. My family (a) was less well off than most of the others in my school, and (b) did not believe in spending huge sums on children, and as a side note, (c) attended an orthodox shul, so having a bat mitzvah at all was faaaancy. All the other kids in my class had what felt like massive shindigs to me at the time. But when I compare those well-off kids bar and bat mitzvot to the ones you hear about modern super-rich families having, where Cardi B or Drake perform, or there's a cruise ... I mean, seriously. Even the rich kids I knew still just had a DJ spinning 45s. We thought fancy was an ice sculpture.)
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(Also, god, yes. My family (a) was less well off than most of the others in my school, and (b) did not believe in spending huge sums on children, and as a side note, (c) attended an orthodox shul, so having a bat mitzvah at all was faaaancy. All the other kids in my class had what felt like massive shindigs to me at the time. But when I compare those well-off kids bar and bat mitzvot to the ones you hear about modern super-rich families having, where Cardi B or Drake perform, or there's a cruise ... I mean, seriously. Even the rich kids I knew still just had a DJ spinning 45s. We thought fancy was an ice sculpture.)