Nice little evening

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Lifer
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I saw my dad for the first time in months. He had made $90,000 on a house sale and now he was asking me, a full-time student who makes less than $200/wk for money....oh and he only has $30,000 left and it is stuck in some financial mes whereby he has no acces sto it....CD or something

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My uncles birthday was today. No one told me until the last minute. Either way I was with my uncles (his brother too) all day keeping them company. They are kind depressed all of the time so either way it was a nice day.

3. I bought my uncle a very nice chocolate cake. He has diabetes. Somehow my mind was clouded by my Dad's MASSIVE financial doom and forgot about my uncle's condition when I was buying the cake.

4. I drive two hours to see my uncles to keep them company and on this ocassion, my dad. My dad ahs the arrogance to bring along some random cousin who jsut came to the country and got pissed when I didn't want to go eat with him and his cousin. Somehow he didn't understand that the reason I drove 2 hrs was to spend time with THEM, not some damn cousin that no one even knows.

5. The cousin just came to the country from her country and is leeching off of the little my dad has left ( the $30,000 won't be accessible for years) and he somehow feels that it is his duty to help her out with a place to stay and money and clothes.


Wow, what a sh!!ty contribution my Dad made to my day. I have always cared for him, but even though I will ultimately deny it, I am getting tired of even seeing him.

Lets, forget that he promissed me $45,000 out of the $90,000. Lets forget that I told him that I didn;t care about what he gave me and that all I wanted to to help him safeguard the one chance he had at a decent living. Lets also forget that he got some random chick pregnant in Arizona who took like $20,000 away from him. Lets forget that my dad has been the most dissapoainting father figure anyone could ever imagine: that type that contunally promises you the grandiouse and delivers nothing but disappointment and iressponsibility. Lets forget that he was once a brilliant man who lost his father at a bad age whereby he was left "hanging" like an irrelevant chad in some election. Lets forget that his mother died and he dissapeared for months during my freshman term in college which "somewhat contributed " to my downfall at Drexel University.

Lets forget it all, and all I have left is a man who brings me nothing more than reasons to grieve and anguish the likes of which I would never impose another human soul.


My uncle, the birthdayboy, laughed and smiled for a few minutes until he realized that he couldn't have any cake. Then his smile all but vanished when he saw my Dad, the one man who could have helped my uncle with a crucial surgery that has all but bankrupted him..



fvck.


And I struggle , as always, to define my purpose in life, and as lame as it sounds, I think I have yet another idea as to what it may be.

To show them how it is done. To show them that success can be achieved by a man with my last name without whoring himself out to the world.
 

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Lifer
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i actually read through your entire post. sucks, man. :(




i hope you have a nice day tomorrow. :thumbsup:
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: iamme
i actually read through your entire post. sucks, man. :(




i hope you have a nice day tomorrow. :thumbsup:

Thanks. Thanksgiving was excellent. I just feel rea bad for my uncle. He is a courier and all he comes home to is his tv, the CD player I gave him as a gift, and his counch where he sleeps. His other brother is somewhat greedy at times and has taken the only room in their apartment for himself. My uncles practically lives on a couch,
 

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I read it too, that's balls. Hopefully my dad doesn't end up quite like that, though it seems he's right on track.

Good luck with it all man.
 

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ah, and a virtual beer to take the edge off:

:beer:

ah hell, have a six pack for a crappy day :)

:beer::beer::beer:
:beer::beer::beer:
 

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Lifer
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Thanks.

I have put up with my Dad for my entire life and I feel that I will be failing him if I give up on him. Recently I have been getting to the point of alienating him altogether.
He is a failure of a man. Truely. i hate to say it, but I feel that I have the right to judge him because I have tried to help him out EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE EVER SEEN HIM SINCE I WAS LIKE 10 YEARS OLD. I will be 22 in May.


This is the same man who jsut today asked me to give him some of my tuition money so he could buy a computer and/or radio.

Honestly, there are few people who I truely respect in my family. They are all caniving, irrating, selfish, antagonistic and hellishly hypocritical people who have always managed to destroy any successes out family has ever had the chance to achieve.


I mean to rectify that. Damnit. They have had SO MANY FING OPERTUNITIES.



 

OREOSpeedwagon

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Wow man, that really sucks.. what happened to the other $40k from the original $90k? ($90k minus $20k for chick in arizona minus $30k in CDs)
 

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Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Wow man, that really sucks.. what happened to the other $40k from the original $90k? ($90k minus $20k for chick in arizona minus $30k in CDs)

He probably got conned out of it.


Did I forget to mention that he is extremely gullible and feels that giving people money is the definition of "good."

I try to tell him that it does no good at all because he give people large amounts of money which, in a frantic craze, they spend frivilously on expensive gifts for each other. Then the selfish bastards come back asking for food and other crap. POS's is what htey are, and he is worse for being so lazy as to not use common sense, which for him doesn't seem so common.

I tell him that giving them money in return for work or helping these people develop and prosper is NOT the same thing as just writing them a check he can't even have them cash sometimes, but he doesn;t seem to understand.

He is troubled by the death of his father, a famous Salvadorean minsiter, and his mother, and that only makes it worse.

 

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I told him about how I used to work for habitat for Humanity and how beautiful that approach to helping the needy was, but he doesn;t give a damn because is too complicated.

We have agreed to have me store the rest of the money once it is accessible, and I won't touch it for anything in the world minus a life-threating emergency.

Sadly he agrees, but all that will accomplish is keeping him from sepnding it. He still will not have changed.:(
 

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i can't offer any personal advice, since i don't know ya...but here's something to remember: try your best to stay positive and keep moving forward.

since you're a full time student, i can only imagine how tough it can be for your to focus when all this drama is around you. don't give up, man! surround yourself with positive and uplifting people.

in the end, you'll be a much stronger person than most.

g'luck!
 

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My uncles is a true gem. He never shows his pain or anguish with his present situation. He was even a Temple Unioversity student at one time, and is very encouraging with me and my studies.

If I will prove that sucess can be had to anyone, it will be to everyone but him, for he is only one who understands that it can indeed be done. Our family can indeed make a name for itself in something other than giving away everything we have.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: iamme
i can't offer any personal advice, since i don't know ya...but here's something to remember: try your best to stay positive and keep moving forward.

since you're a full time student, i can only imagine how tough it can be for your to focus when all this drama is around you. don't give up, man! surround yourself with positive and uplifting people.

in the end, you'll be a much stronger person than most.

g'luck!

That is what I do. I even admitted to my dad that there is nothing wrong with selfishness sometimes. The reason I am a math tutor is that I get to meet droives and droves of new people everyday and that keeps me happy.

I do it for the interaction and for their own good as well, and I hopefully will continue helping people in math until I am an old man:)

there is almost nothing that makes me smile.

Seeing a student that has gone from sadness and desperation to joy and confidence after only having contact with me for minutes is somethign that makes me smile.

Everytime:)
 

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Wow man, that really sucks.. what happened to the other $40k from the original $90k? ($90k minus $20k for chick in arizona minus $30k in CDs)

He probably got conned out of it.


Did I forget to mention that he is extremely gullible and feels that giving people money is the definition of "good."

I try to tell him that it does no good at all because he give people large amounts of money which, in a frantic craze, they spend frivilously on expensive gifts for each other. Then the selfish bastards come back asking for food and other crap. POS's is what htey are, and he is worse for being so lazy as to not use common sense, which for him doesn't seem so common.

I tell him that giving them money in return for work or helping these people develop and prosper is NOT the same thing as just writing them a check he can't even have them cash sometimes, but he doesn;t seem to understand.

He is troubled by the death of his father, a famous Salvadorean minsiter, and his mother, and that only makes it worse.

Well, if you can afford it giving people money if they really need it is good. Kinda like Carnegie's idea that whatever money he makes should be put back into the economy or to charity. Or something like that. It sounds like your dad wants to be a really good person but tries to be better than what he actually can be.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Wow man, that really sucks.. what happened to the other $40k from the original $90k? ($90k minus $20k for chick in arizona minus $30k in CDs)

He probably got conned out of it.


Did I forget to mention that he is extremely gullible and feels that giving people money is the definition of "good."

I try to tell him that it does no good at all because he give people large amounts of money which, in a frantic craze, they spend frivilously on expensive gifts for each other. Then the selfish bastards come back asking for food and other crap. POS's is what htey are, and he is worse for being so lazy as to not use common sense, which for him doesn't seem so common.

I tell him that giving them money in return for work or helping these people develop and prosper is NOT the same thing as just writing them a check he can't even have them cash sometimes, but he doesn;t seem to understand.

He is troubled by the death of his father, a famous Salvadorean minsiter, and his mother, and that only makes it worse.

Well, if you can afford it giving people money if they really need it is good. Kinda like Carnegie's idea that whatever money he makes should be put back into the economy or to charity. Or something like that. It sounds like your dad wants to be a really good person but tries to be better than what he actually can be.

Aye. IT IS a good thing if you CAN. He has never been able too, and instead of investing the money or helping people wisely, he jsut gave it out to those who were best at begging.

You are right though. He is always on a mission to be a great man, but he only sees his effects on the surface. He feels that people's gratitude via words amkes him a good person because everyone knows him as the person that will always let them have or borrow money.

He is inherently good, but he doesn't know what it means to be good.

What's worse is that it hurts no one but his family, those who care for him the most. Everytime he helps someone out he screws over a family member. He was once the pride ofthe family and now he has created a vortex of anguish that sucks anything good inside.

Like I said, and I don't mean this lightly, most EVERYONe in the family is fvked up, leaving me to do what they ahve not been able to do. And so far it isn;t going that well with me.

I should have been a senior in college right now but am still a sophmore. Still, I have made it my duty to bring respect to the family.

 

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Wow man, that really sucks.. what happened to the other $40k from the original $90k? ($90k minus $20k for chick in arizona minus $30k in CDs)

He probably got conned out of it.


Did I forget to mention that he is extremely gullible and feels that giving people money is the definition of "good."

I try to tell him that it does no good at all because he give people large amounts of money which, in a frantic craze, they spend frivilously on expensive gifts for each other. Then the selfish bastards come back asking for food and other crap. POS's is what htey are, and he is worse for being so lazy as to not use common sense, which for him doesn't seem so common.

I tell him that giving them money in return for work or helping these people develop and prosper is NOT the same thing as just writing them a check he can't even have them cash sometimes, but he doesn;t seem to understand.

He is troubled by the death of his father, a famous Salvadorean minsiter, and his mother, and that only makes it worse.

Well, if you can afford it giving people money if they really need it is good. Kinda like Carnegie's idea that whatever money he makes should be put back into the economy or to charity. Or something like that. It sounds like your dad wants to be a really good person but tries to be better than what he actually can be.

Aye. IT IS a good thing if you CAN. He has never been able too, and instead of investing the money or helping people wisely, he jsut gave it out to those who were best at begging.

Yeah, but at least he invested a good chunk of the sum in a CD.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: aplefka
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Wow man, that really sucks.. what happened to the other $40k from the original $90k? ($90k minus $20k for chick in arizona minus $30k in CDs)

He probably got conned out of it.


Did I forget to mention that he is extremely gullible and feels that giving people money is the definition of "good."

I try to tell him that it does no good at all because he give people large amounts of money which, in a frantic craze, they spend frivilously on expensive gifts for each other. Then the selfish bastards come back asking for food and other crap. POS's is what htey are, and he is worse for being so lazy as to not use common sense, which for him doesn't seem so common.

I tell him that giving them money in return for work or helping these people develop and prosper is NOT the same thing as just writing them a check he can't even have them cash sometimes, but he doesn;t seem to understand.

He is troubled by the death of his father, a famous Salvadorean minsiter, and his mother, and that only makes it worse.

Well, if you can afford it giving people money if they really need it is good. Kinda like Carnegie's idea that whatever money he makes should be put back into the economy or to charity. Or something like that. It sounds like your dad wants to be a really good person but tries to be better than what he actually can be.

Aye. IT IS a good thing if you CAN. He has never been able too, and instead of investing the money or helping people wisely, he jsut gave it out to those who were best at begging.

Yeah, but at least he invested a good chunk of the sum in a CD.

At frist I thught the same, but what's the point if he has no where to sleep and little or no food?

just imagine if he had put $80,000 away....
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Brian23
Do you work for ATI?

*I think that might be sarcasm but I'll regard it as serious*

no. I am an EE student.

My main problem now is that I have excelled qucikly in math, but physics is proving so stressful that I cannot pass it.
 

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Lifer
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For example after failing out of Drexel Univ for personal problems that, like I said, are "attributable" to him," I never even got a visit. He had disappeared and I was distraught.

Fianlly, after a few calls, and after coming home, after not having seen him in person for years, after having had him dissapear only to get a phonecall that he had empregnated some woman out west and whom he had a child with, I finally meet him at my uncles house like 2 years ago, and these are his translated words:

"he-hello son, good to see you.......do you think you could lend me $20 so I can buy some food because I haven't eaten for days."

 

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: Brian23
Do you work for ATI?

*I think that might be sarcasm but I'll regard it as serious*

no. I am an EE student.

My main problem now is that I have excelled qucikly in math, but physics is proving so stressful that I cannot pass it.


Actually it was a joke from all the parody threads tonight. It's cool that you're an EE student though, I am too. You wouldn't happen to be a VT student would you?
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Brian23
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: Brian23
Do you work for ATI?

*I think that might be sarcasm but I'll regard it as serious*

no. I am an EE student.

My main problem now is that I have excelled qucikly in math, but physics is proving so stressful that I cannot pass it.


Actually it was a joke from all the parody threads tonight. It's cool that you're an EE student though, I am too. You wouldn't happen to be a VT student would you?

Actually, I go to Northern Virginia Communty College and hope to transfer to Vtech when I get my Associates:beer:

That piece of paper could be meaningless for some, but for my family it would be the beacon of hope.




EVERYONE is watching me to see what the hell I do. They have all tried and failed, so that is what makes my voyage through life that much more important.

I must admit, it has proven to be lonely as hell, because everyone else my age has alienated themselves from me and I have no family member to look up to in my field:(