India, Dec. 28 -- A 28-year-old man from Singapore has said that his parents cancelled all Christmas family gatherings this year because they were embarrassed by what they called his "lack of achievements" compared to his cousins.

In a Reddit post titled "How do you manage high expectations from your family?", the man wrote that he was raised in a high-achieving Chinese family where careers such as law, medicine, finance and top corporate roles were considered the norm. He said many of his relatives were CEOs, founders or senior executives, and even his younger cousins were already working in prestigious, high-paying jobs.

The man shared that he graduated with a low GPA, lost his first job this year and has since struggled to find work....