I know we've had people complain about being stuck in jobs they don't like but they have to do it, be it due to the conditions of the environment they're working in, the attitude of staff and/or customers, or just the hours/wages the contracts offer and all-in-all how they're being treated, like fellow artists  wallaroo_blacke and  bigbellybirdy and even YouTubers like Victor Tanzig.

For me, it's the opposite. I'm trying to get work in places I'm really good at at my mum doesn't want me to have those jobs or work at those places...mainly amusement parks, otherwise known as LEGOland.

I believed she didn't want me working there last year, but it seems she doesn't want me working at LLWR full stop. Trouble is nowhere else wanted to take me on on such short notice or offer better career deals, but to her that's not enough. Even if they want me back, she wants me to say 'No' to them, even though she knows it upsets me greatly. Last year, she made me cancel my own interview, which made me look like I was giving up without even trying, which was never her intentions, but if I'm happy working at LLWR, she's miserable because I'm working there.

In the end, I have to sacrifice my career for her happiness, despite the facts that;
A) It's a job I can do, and a job is a job. It's money, motivation, a chance to mingle with like-minded people...and get me out of the house.
B) It holds all the pros over the other jobs I've applied for so far since the start of the year;
* better hours,
* longer term-of-service,
* a better income on a more regular basis (fortnightly),
* etc
C) It's in an environment I can be happy in and can expand my imagination.
D) It provides skill, experience and chances to improve/better those that I already have.
E) LLWR helped me get over my anti-socialism in 2015.

Sadly, she stubbornly sticks to the lesser cons of the job;
A) All roles under managerial level only last 1 year
B) LLWR broke me in 2016* because they never got round to the training they promised me before I was dismissed over an accidental verbal misunderstanding.
(* = This part I've gotten over, as I could start again with a clean slate after May 2019, owing to the Statue of Limitations, but she stubbornly refuses to get over it for the last 7 years. In any case, they might've changed Team Leaders would WOULD stick up to their promises)
(NOTE: This one's not that important) C) Being 34, they wouldn't take me on - yet I've seen people over TWICE my age working there in other departments, from Rides & Attractions to Hotel Staff. (The only drawback to me was I'm slightly too tall for the costumes) Besides, I've had 4 successful sessions with LLWR since 2015 over one unfortunate incident in 2016, so what's the disadvantage about those odds?

Sadly, mum's selfishly sticking to her principles instead of sensibly compromising my ideals about finding work at once. Whilst she does her best to support me on a parental level (especially against my sister and her short-comings whenever she lashes out at me over nothing I have control over or a situation I had nothing to do with), she refuses to support my passions, which would quite reasonably make money which could help the family (mainly towards any treatment towards my dad's mentality this year onwards). She simply refuses to wrestle with her heart, head and conscious when it comes to my choice in jobs and work locations, but sooner or later, she's just have to bite the bullet and lump it if nobody else takes me on and LLWR are the only ones willing to do so.
To cut a long story short, she's too focused on one mistake made years ago and let's my life pass by and my talents go to waste.

In any case, I was only going to do LLWR till Windsor Castle roles became available once again. And besides, just TRYING for a job wasn't going to hurt either of us.
In my mum's opinion, the least the LEGOlanders could say was "No, we can't take you. Sorry, but thanks for your time" and the worst they could say is "Yes, welcome on board! When can you start?"

She understands that a job is a job, but to sacrifice my happiness, career and welfare for her own happiness and well-being is being somewhat pig-headed...

So, what do you think? Who's right or wrong here? Do all the positives outweigh the fewer negatives?

Let me know below.