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My dad started at his current company ~28 years ago as a secretary (undergrad degree in German and Literature and masters in Theater Arts, yay!) and this past year became the VP of Communications. He bought the house he lives in now (~26 years go) when the neighborhood was not very safe (crack house across the street, finding handguns in his back yard) and now it's a very trendy area and the value of the house has increased by x10+. He wants to do a big construction project and make his basement liveable since right now it has a 6 foot ceiling and dirt floor so when he retires he can live in the basement and rent the rest of the house for $$$. He also wants to buy a house in Spain and live there, because it is his favorite place. He vacations there at least 3 times a year. The problem is Spain has weird housing laws and he needs to make sure that when he buys a house, some long lost relative of the previous owner doesn't come by and claim it from under him.
My sister got married last year and bought a house in Jersey. It's a pretty nice house with a big yard, and they're currently building garden boxes and putting up new fences and stuff. They got really lucky with that hurricane that came by last year in that their giant tree fell down and didn't land on their house. It did land on their neighbors house, though...but they're not liable.
But university is a great call.
"Sandra's favourite movie is escape from new York because she cries when magpie and brain die because they will never be together." HAIL SATAN
Holy shit, I hope she's okay.
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It is pretty stressful. The recovery takes a long time so they don't know if he'll be able to resume his work in Russia or even in Italy.
"Sandra's favourite movie is escape from new York because she cries when magpie and brain die because they will never be together." HAIL SATAN
Try to remember that they want to make sure you're safe, and can take care of yourself. It can be difficult to see your child take a risk that might result in a few years of struggling for money and being overworked.
But you should totally still do it. You only get one go round and giving up the opportunity to pursue something you're passionate about because you're worried about money is no way to live your life.
my dad has been kind of slogging through each day since my mom passed away in 2010 and i don't know what if anything i can do to help him, he's mostly healthy physically but he doesn't seem to have anything he cares about overmuch and it worries me a lot because he's the most important person in my life
their dog's doing pretty good
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But you can take some comfort in knowing that she will be able to find work. Even if it is not precisely where she would want to be and at the amount that she would prefer.
I'm kind of a shlub in comparison but I make it work
i just
worry
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I have a twin brother and two older sisters. There is no way our parents could be of any help even assuming they wanted to.
I totally get it.
Thanks you two, that is definitely why - I'm the youngest child and still physically look very young! That is definitely why about the few years of difficulty too.
Its a bit scary and I appreciate it - I feel a bit braver now!
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My parents alternated between being callously indifferent and in my mother's case, actively hostile. My father really doesn't like children and will barely tolerate teenagers. So he left it to my mother to handle everything with us and spent all his time working or out playing golf and running errands. Our mother always hated us for "ruining her life to take care of a bunch of parasites." Sometimes she'd be ok and other times she'd get mad for us acting like kids, like the time she threw a dinner party and wanted us to sit still for 3 hours. Of course we didn't, so my sister and I both got a curling iron across the back of the legs. It made sitting down interesting for a week. That was one thing my mother was great at. Coming up with creative and painful punishments. She probably would've done great as a guard in a North Korean prison camp.
My sister and I got along great until she started having the psychotic breakdowns. My parents refused to get her any treatment and kicked her out of the house when she turned 18. I tried to help as much as I could but I was also younger than my sister and wasn't able to do too much. I kept her from hurting the animals when she got really bad and ran interference when her paranoia got too intense. Once she moved out, my sister was finally able to get some proper treatment and she's now on a few anti-psychotics and is managing ok. Not great, but better than before. She doesn't really like to talk to me too much. I think it's because she feels guilty about what happened.
My parents occasionally talk to me. They've tried to explain why they sucked so much, but it's always been them trying to justify what they did. I dunno if I ever care to have much contact with them.
Fuck, now I need a drink. Sometimes families can really suck.
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so been a bit of a whirlwind. My situation is pretty rare I'm 28 and still have all four grandparents alive. but they all seem to be falling apart at the same time.
One of my mother's sisters seems to have been disowned by her son over some pretty significant stuff. I've never met him, but I hear he's one of the few cousins from that branch, who is doing well for himself. It would be neat to meet the successful architect in Hawaii, but I suspect he would be less enthusiastic about family considering.
I'm pretty proud of all my baby cousins. I'm super excited to see some of these brats heading off to college. I remember witnessing a count for Christmas bingo and there were like 40 something kids who were excited to win cheap toys and puppets. When my grandmother passed, the preacher observed that she had raised a goddamn army.
Someday, I will be planning Christmas reunions and letting little snots run around and destroy the house, while losing 30 bucks in various games of poker.
This isn't going to make you feel better. I'm just saying I get where you're coming from. It's not easy to watch. I hope you have someone you can lean on.
Both, actually. It's a weird place I'm in when it comes to them. I've never had any issues with them and they treated me as well as you could expect growing up, but I have just never had any kind of connection with my parents and brother and I can't explain why. I honestly just don't care and have no reason for it. If my parents died tomorrow I would have no strong feelings one way or the other.
If it wasn't for my wife having a strong need for connection to family, I'd probably never talk to them. Not because I dislike them, but because I just don't feel that they are of any significance to me.
Is anyone else like that? Because I don't think I've heard of anyone having that perspective before.
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It sucks.
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I feel bad for your having to deal with nonsense but this is my new favorite analogy.
you could share a couple?
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