For context, I am a 20 year old college dropout who is living with his parents. I am working basically full time hours at a fast food job where I talk to people constantly, despite the fact that I consider myself very introverted and socially anxious. I also do a lot of moving around and lifting in my job, to the point where I’m walking over 20,000 steps every workday, so I’m both physically and mentally exhausted when I get home.

Whenever I get home, I just want to spend that time in my room and relax. I tell my family that I have been around people and I just want to relax, but they respond by saying “We aren’t people, we are family!”, and acting offended when I don’t want to spend time with them. Whenever I do spend time with them, they make a big deal about how I decided to finally spend some time with them. I feel like I can’t really win either way.

I feel bad about not spending more time with them, but at the same time, I feel like I need the alone time to recharge for the next day. AITA?