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I Know What I Wanna Do With My Life, But I Don't Have Faith In My Parents...
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RE: I Know What I Wanna Do With My Life, But I Don't Have Faith In My Parents...

(01-31-2014 05:35 PM)Potato Wrote:  
Quote:then she told me my soon-to-be 1yr old half-brother, which I've told her in the past I want absolutely nothing to do with in my life. After she reminded me of that mistake, I told her if she ever mentions him in front of my face again I will outright ignore her for a week straight, and then I did touch on a bit about how that child clearly was a mistake and how my dad should be focusing on putting his assets (generally money) on just my sister, herself and I.

you seem to be holding a grudge against a baby for something it didn't do which is stupid.
Look, first of all I know for a fact that my dad never intended to have anymore children.

Secondly, why would you have more children – mistakenly or not – when you act very cheap and when you claim that there's always not enough money? I mean, even back in the past when our family was more middle class he was still a cheapskate. There's no logic in it whatsoever. I would think the most logical approach would be that after a divorce, just allocate the rest of your resources to helping the kids you already have! Don't bring more into the world when you claim that there's not enough money. It's just stupid. It makes no sense.

It may sound like a grudge, but what I bring up is a very valid point. There are so many people who don't deserve to be parents due to this type of incompetence. I would expect a guy in his mid+ 40s to be more responsible and mature, but clearly that's just asking to much.

And for the record, this family is already dysfunctional as it is. Why make it even moreso? You know, this is just hearsay, but my sister even told me that my dad told her that he hoped that his child would not become like me. Like WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK? I know this because this was during the time my sister and I were getting along, but that really hurts. That really hurts.

I feel kinda sorry for that poor child for when it grows up. This will probably only create more mistakes. Anyways, I don't expect you to fully understand. I just don't want anything to do with him or his other side of the family, and I'm just going to leave it at that.

(01-31-2014 05:35 PM)Potato Wrote:  
Quote: My dad is pretty cheap and it grinds my gears so much, and sometimes he complains about things being "too expensive" most of the time. Such logic having more kids.

completely agree, all kids are mistakes in the sense that they cost money, and poor people having kids hurt not only themselves but their kids even more. there should be a law to prevent poor people from having more kids than they can provide an adequately (vague i know) comfortable life for.
You know, it may sound a little ignorant, but it's true. Poor people shouldn't be going around having these little mistakes. When you have kids you're basically going to put so much money and work into raising them. If you almost always complain about the means of buying almost anything or just acting cheap most of the time, you should be more responsible and make sure this stuff doesn't happen.

My dad left the military. I have absolutely no idea how much he's making now, and if he's even telling the truth about his claim of being poor. I just expect him to be responsible and mature. He's already have 2 kids. I think that's enough with his type of income.

Anyways, this family is just completely dysfunctional. I want nothing to do with my half-brother, or my dad's girlfriend, or any of that. I've just gone through so much and it doesn't even take that to know some common sense. I'm just disgusted.

Seven crappy hours of our lives.
01-31-2014 05:52 PM
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