I turned 30 last year and my parents gave me an ultimatum that I MUST go back to school or I will have to move out and fend for myself. Before that, I spent over 8 years as a NEET after dropping out of college. Last fall my mom sent in an application to a vocational school (nursing program) without my consent. I asked her "why nursing?" and she said something along the lines of "Because nursing is a very lucrative career. There is a shortage of nurses in California so it's really easy to find a job. You'll never have to worry about unemployment even if the economy crashes. Also I know you hate school but this is a relatively short program so you'll be done in no time." I was really mad and annoyed that my parents were forcing me to go back to school, but luckily I adjusted pretty quickly and didn't really mind it anymore a few weeks after starting. It felt nice to get out of the house, be around young people, and feel like more a "normal" person with a routine. I even became good friends with a filipino guy in my class which is cool because I've never really had any male friends. But then the quarantine began two months ago because of corona virus and our classes were moved online. My mom was very upset about it. Every day she would ask me "when are you going back to school in person?? did you hear any news about it??". She was obsessed. Even after I made it clear that we might be online for the rest of the year, she kept asking in such a frantic way. I asked her why she's so obsessed and she said it was because she's worried I won't graduate on time and that I'll be a NEET longer than necessary. I assured her that I WILL graduate on time despite the quarantine. Well today she finally admitted the REAL reason she's been so frantic about quarantine ending and the REAL reason why she forced me to go to nursing school in the first place. Can you guess why???? It's because she thought I would find a wife at nursing school! She said since women outnumber men in nursing schools she thought it would be easy for me to find a GF and that I'd have my pick of the litter. 
She also sent me to this school specifically because she knows a lot of filipinos attend this school and she thought I'd meet a nice filipino girl. She said she's SO worried that quarantine won't end until after I graduate and that I won't have a chance to socialize with my female classmates and get a girlfriend. Today she asked me if its possible to socialize with my classmates during our lunchbreaks on zoom. I said no because everyone goes away from their computer during lunch so no one has a chance to talk. She then asked me if there's any way to communicate with any of the girls privately on zoom. I said no because my teacher disabled the private chat function. We can only send messages to the whole class or privately to the host (i.e. the teacher). My mother is very distraught over this.
TL;DR my mother sent me to school to find a wife
She also sent me to this school specifically because she knows a lot of filipinos attend this school and she thought I'd meet a nice filipino girl. She said she's SO worried that quarantine won't end until after I graduate and that I won't have a chance to socialize with my female classmates and get a girlfriend. Today she asked me if its possible to socialize with my classmates during our lunchbreaks on zoom. I said no because everyone goes away from their computer during lunch so no one has a chance to talk. She then asked me if there's any way to communicate with any of the girls privately on zoom. I said no because my teacher disabled the private chat function. We can only send messages to the whole class or privately to the host (i.e. the teacher). My mother is very distraught over this.TL;DR my mother sent me to school to find a wife
