- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Babies are expensive! The final bill for Connor was like 18k before insurance, I'm still on the hook for some but it's manageable for sure.
Spill The Beans Thread
- Thread starter SnickerDoodle
- Start date
Babies are expensive! The final bill for Connor was like 18k before insurance, I'm still on the hook for some but it's manageable for sure.
- Location
- Smyrna, TN
Sounds like you folks need an HSA.
- Location
- Bowling Green, KY
Yeah Western Kentucky is the home of the Hilltoppers (thats our mascot besides big red) our school is on a huge hill and my dorm just happens to be at the bottom. lol
- Location
- Probably in class..
Turn your walk home into a jog home.. Or run home. be late and run to class. I did that to myself a few times last year. Strap up and run to class. Or get a bike. I did that too last year
- Location
- Idaho!
OMG that's too funny! Or just rip the uterus out and save yourself a whole lotta cost in the future (birth control, pads, tampons, etc.)
- Location
- Conroe, TX
The other end of the spectrum is to get wealthy and adopt kids in Africa.
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Sorry I spelled his name wrong. It's Bobby Pruett. And no, he's from Beckley, WV. That's pretty much where my whole family is from.
- Location
- Central FL
I got in on the good insurance my company had about 3 years ago when I had my son. We were only on the hook for about $300. Thats with a c section my wife being in the hospital for 5 days and my son in the NICU for 3 days. So happy we didn't have him a year later cause we'd be broke from all that had we waited...lol
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
Definitely ride a bike. I lived at the bottom of a hill, the same hill that wrecked my shoulder last year, and biked every day until my bike got stolen. Now, I live 10 minutes away and can't live without my bike. A bike has been one of my best investments at college.
- Location
- Bowling Green, KY
Im 100% jealous of my girlfriend...she just spilled the beans to me that she's in Luke Bryan's official music video of the song drunk on you a few times. If you watch it you can see it was filmed at my college in Diddle Arena at Western Kentucky University. We weren't dating at the time so she wasn't with me so I'm not in it but you can see her 2:02-2:03 right as he says "homemade" like the camera zooms in on 2 girls and she's the one on the right...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpFaI0dKAHc
Good news is we are going to his concert the 17th in nashvegas and deirk bentlys on the 18th at diddle!
but you can see her 2:02-2:03 right as he says "homemade" like the camera zooms in on 2 girls and she's the one on the right...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpFaI0dKAHc
Good news is we are going to his concert the 17th in nashvegas and deirk bentlys on the 18th at diddle!
- Location
- Idaho!
Why the heck do men pay more attention to a woman wearing a skirt than a woman wearing pants? Riddle me this. I was wearing a dress (a wee bit higher than my knees) to a wedding and stopped at a convenience store to get some coffee and chips while waiting for my carpool buddy. Holy balls, men were running to hold the door, staring, giving sly looks and being uber chipper to me. Made me feel pretty awkward. I don't get it...I'd still run them through with my machete if they made an unwanted move on me, same as when I'm in jeans, haha!
- Location
- Central FL
Mel where exactly do you keep that machete while wearing a skirt? Lol
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- Location
- Idaho!
I've been considering getting a harness kind of like Leonardo from the Ninja Turtles. But maybe that would be overkill. Guess I should just make a leg holster instead along my calf? For now, the machete is next to me between the pass. seat and the arm rest in the X.
- Location
- Probably in class..
Mel, Guys just like women who stand out, and to them, that means anyone who dresses different. Plus most if not every guy likes a woman who is dressed up.
Ripper
Bought an X
- Location
- Western MA
Gonna revive this one!......
I've been away for a while! Since then.
I went back to school, I am now an EMT in the second busiest city in New England. Coming from a former Cop, I love this job! I am busy as hell with it. I have pronounced people dead at brutal accident scenes, delivered a baby, and seen some gobble awful things that people shouldn't have to see. Learned to appreciate life much much more. Learned I definitely want a family. I learned quickly to value what little time we have on this earth. Recently scored exceptionally well on the state/municipal police exam and found out I have a great shot getting hired in my home town. Learned living alone in a four bedroom house and being single is awesome. I can do what I want whenever I want!
And most importantly I have fallen in love with my XTERRA all over again!
I've been away for a while! Since then.
I went back to school, I am now an EMT in the second busiest city in New England. Coming from a former Cop, I love this job! I am busy as hell with it. I have pronounced people dead at brutal accident scenes, delivered a baby, and seen some gobble awful things that people shouldn't have to see. Learned to appreciate life much much more. Learned I definitely want a family. I learned quickly to value what little time we have on this earth. Recently scored exceptionally well on the state/municipal police exam and found out I have a great shot getting hired in my home town. Learned living alone in a four bedroom house and being single is awesome. I can do what I want whenever I want!
And most importantly I have fallen in love with my XTERRA all over again!
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Good for you Ripper, glad to have you back in the fold. Nice zombie thread resurrection too haha.
caseycamby
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Marion, NC
*I secretly love thread revivings*
I wonder who my parents were.
I can't remember who took their place the first time...but I can the second.
They took me from the first because they beat me too much, and the second beat me more but was smarter about it. The second is who I now call my parents: they are all I can remember.
I learned to block while pretending to be hit, and to act like I was hurt, before I learned to fight.
They beat my brother too. The abuse was woven into our lives. To illustrate what I mean, one time, to be allowed to stay up past 6 pm, my father said if we took 3 whips (Leather belt with brass studs) we could stay up until 7 pm...We wanted to see Batman (TV Show at the time). I took the three whips, and then it was my brother's turn, and he started wailing after the first one ripped him open, then screaming after the second one laid in, and then screamed to stop he couldn't take another shot. We both had to go to bed w/o watching Batman...and I REMEMBER saying "You IDIOT! ONE more whip and we could have watched BATMAN!!!" I think we were ~ 4-5 yrs old.
We talked about it many many years later, and he said he always felt bad about that....but NEITHER of us (At the time) actually considered the fact that we had to agree to odd requirements such as to get our flesh flayed to watch Batman, as unreasonable at the time...it was just the way it was. We never knew what the deal would be, or if we could refuse it or not.
We both grew up with a lot of built-up rage as a result of not being able to defend ourselves. We would sometimes unleash that rage on other kids who would pick fights like a normal school yard scenario, and they'd end up in the hospital because they had no clue what fuses they were lighting. Imagine a 6 year old you can't hurt, who's been essentially been taught what hurts and how to inflict maximum damage. Imagine that kid has been reading instead of doing drugs or drinking (Like his 5 yr old brother was) and was not allowed to have friends, but desperately wanted to be loved, or at least liked. Teachers like you if you are participating, and I started in kindergarten already reading novels and encyclopedias and cereal boxes, everything. The few times I corrected teachers, I got into trouble for arguing. I learned to cope. I learned to forge my parent's signatures to be allowed to stay after school for teams and clubs, and made friends.
At 16 I finally beat my dad and had to leave home...and I was married a few years later.
I'm still married to the same girl, I think its ~ 35 years now.
I made peace with my parents, and we sort of have a relationship, and, they see the grand kids without my supervision now a days (Even my youngest kid is 29 and could kick their ass from here to Sunday if he had to...)
My brother finally overcame his addiction problems, and is clean and sober, albeit on dialysis 3X/week due to his kidneys going south on him.
We had a younger brother who's neck was broken and left him a quadriplegic for ~ 10 years, and then he died of complications. I still miss him. My surviving brother is not doing well, and I was told I can't give him one of my kidneys because I get kidney stones that cut up my tubes and get stuck too often, making me ineligible as a donor. I am afraid he will die and I can't help him.
And I have held that in for about 50 years. Thanks for letting me breath it out.
I can't remember who took their place the first time...but I can the second.
They took me from the first because they beat me too much, and the second beat me more but was smarter about it. The second is who I now call my parents: they are all I can remember.
I learned to block while pretending to be hit, and to act like I was hurt, before I learned to fight.
They beat my brother too. The abuse was woven into our lives. To illustrate what I mean, one time, to be allowed to stay up past 6 pm, my father said if we took 3 whips (Leather belt with brass studs) we could stay up until 7 pm...We wanted to see Batman (TV Show at the time). I took the three whips, and then it was my brother's turn, and he started wailing after the first one ripped him open, then screaming after the second one laid in, and then screamed to stop he couldn't take another shot. We both had to go to bed w/o watching Batman...and I REMEMBER saying "You IDIOT! ONE more whip and we could have watched BATMAN!!!" I think we were ~ 4-5 yrs old.
We talked about it many many years later, and he said he always felt bad about that....but NEITHER of us (At the time) actually considered the fact that we had to agree to odd requirements such as to get our flesh flayed to watch Batman, as unreasonable at the time...it was just the way it was. We never knew what the deal would be, or if we could refuse it or not.
We both grew up with a lot of built-up rage as a result of not being able to defend ourselves. We would sometimes unleash that rage on other kids who would pick fights like a normal school yard scenario, and they'd end up in the hospital because they had no clue what fuses they were lighting. Imagine a 6 year old you can't hurt, who's been essentially been taught what hurts and how to inflict maximum damage. Imagine that kid has been reading instead of doing drugs or drinking (Like his 5 yr old brother was) and was not allowed to have friends, but desperately wanted to be loved, or at least liked. Teachers like you if you are participating, and I started in kindergarten already reading novels and encyclopedias and cereal boxes, everything. The few times I corrected teachers, I got into trouble for arguing. I learned to cope. I learned to forge my parent's signatures to be allowed to stay after school for teams and clubs, and made friends.
At 16 I finally beat my dad and had to leave home...and I was married a few years later.
I'm still married to the same girl, I think its ~ 35 years now.
I made peace with my parents, and we sort of have a relationship, and, they see the grand kids without my supervision now a days (Even my youngest kid is 29 and could kick their ass from here to Sunday if he had to...)
My brother finally overcame his addiction problems, and is clean and sober, albeit on dialysis 3X/week due to his kidneys going south on him.
We had a younger brother who's neck was broken and left him a quadriplegic for ~ 10 years, and then he died of complications. I still miss him. My surviving brother is not doing well, and I was told I can't give him one of my kidneys because I get kidney stones that cut up my tubes and get stuck too often, making me ineligible as a donor. I am afraid he will die and I can't help him.
And I have held that in for about 50 years. Thanks for letting me breath it out.
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caseycamby
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Marion, NC
That's crazy, man.. Sounds like a rough life but you've seemed to make the best out of it. Good for you!
Xterrafauss
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Jacksonville Florida
Wow TJ......new respect man.......
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Wow man. That's crazy. It's a shame people do that kind of thing and get away with it.
- Location
- Morrison, CO
Dam TJ, and I thought I had it rough. I stepped in between my father and my sister while he was beating her up pretty bad. He asked me something about seeing if I thought I was man enough and hit me as hard as he could in my chest. He was drunk, again, retired Marine and just plain mean.
So now I have an artificial heart valve due to the scar tissue that formed from that tearing away. Almost killed me, but it didn't.
Sounds like you had it a lot rougher than I did though. Good on you for not repeating the cycle. I decided that I'd never have kids, I don't think I would know what to do. I kind of have my dad's temper, I just couldn't do that to someone else.
Unless they were robbing me. Then all bets are off.
So now I have an artificial heart valve due to the scar tissue that formed from that tearing away. Almost killed me, but it didn't.
Sounds like you had it a lot rougher than I did though. Good on you for not repeating the cycle. I decided that I'd never have kids, I don't think I would know what to do. I kind of have my dad's temper, I just couldn't do that to someone else.
Unless they were robbing me. Then all bets are off.
- Location
- Conroe, TX
That's one effed up childhood.
I'm amazed that you became a better person after what you went through.
Allen, we're glad you are still with us and it was great to finally meet you at Gone.
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FAR, FAR AWAY
I'm amazed that you became a better person after what you went through.
Allen, we're glad you are still with us and it was great to finally meet you at Gone.
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FAR, FAR AWAY
CrazySteve911
Need Bigger Tires
- Location
- Loris, SC
I like this thread.
*im currently talking to a very religious gal, (im agnostic) and am hoping she will look past the religous differences and see me for who I am, as I know I have better morals than most people my age.
*ive only had 2 official girlfriends my whole life, as im very picky about who ill devote myself to.
* I am good at everything I do. Literally.
* tell me something cant be done, ill show you how it can.
*I invest myself into one hobby or thing very very heavily. Which can be both good and bad.
* im not a very talkative person. Ive had a slight stutter that has made me speak only when I need to, am currently working on getting over it.
*I bite my nails too much.
*im very self conscious, until im in Ivan.
*I wish I could just get on with life. I turned 18 on my 12th birthday, and have always rarely had friends my age because of my maturity. Which has made me in that awkward stage of too mature for people my age, but people I share maturity with, wont look past my young age.
*I love reading, it was ways an escape from reality.
*I feel as if I know every single XNer, and hope to meet every single one of you one day.
*Im a night owl, and do more mods to ivan at night than in the day.
*im currently talking to a very religious gal, (im agnostic) and am hoping she will look past the religous differences and see me for who I am, as I know I have better morals than most people my age.
*ive only had 2 official girlfriends my whole life, as im very picky about who ill devote myself to.
* I am good at everything I do. Literally.
* tell me something cant be done, ill show you how it can.
*I invest myself into one hobby or thing very very heavily. Which can be both good and bad.
* im not a very talkative person. Ive had a slight stutter that has made me speak only when I need to, am currently working on getting over it.
*I bite my nails too much.
*im very self conscious, until im in Ivan.
*I wish I could just get on with life. I turned 18 on my 12th birthday, and have always rarely had friends my age because of my maturity. Which has made me in that awkward stage of too mature for people my age, but people I share maturity with, wont look past my young age.
*I love reading, it was ways an escape from reality.
*I feel as if I know every single XNer, and hope to meet every single one of you one day.
*Im a night owl, and do more mods to ivan at night than in the day.
CrazySteve911
Need Bigger Tires
- Location
- Loris, SC
*I am also an audiophile, and that is my go to for any types of situations. If its music, I like it.
I knew you had a heart problem, but not the back story, man, that sucks, sorry man.
I was worried when I had kids, because on one hand, I never really learned how to raise the critters other than using them as punching bags, etc.....but on the other hand, I'd seen the results of parents that were too lax, or too strict, and the kids either felt like they were ignored or that they had to rebel, etc. I also saw that the KID was the deciding factor in how strict or lax was going to get the kid to where he or she could be as a person.
I also saw that it was typically a bad idea to tell the kid who or what to be, that the result was them trying to shoehorn themselves into a preconceived mold....a mold that might not be the best fit for them.
The right way seemed to me at least to just listen to what they say, what they are passionate about, what they are happy doing/being involved with and their attributes, strengths and weaknesses, and just encourage them to follow their dreams....even if the dreams don't work out. If you try and fail, you at least know the outcome. If you never try because you fear failure, you GUARANTEE failure...as you get the same result. If you spend your life doing something you don't like to do, and always wished you'd tried XYZ instead...and wondered what your life might have been like if you had, to me, that's a form of torture.
My two boys are totally different from each other, and, were raised differently from each other. They have totally different world views and approaches to things. They have had their share of trials and tribulations, and compensated for them and kept plugging away...as failure IS an option, and a way to have mistakes to learn from them.
Otherwise, its like never playing in little league because you are afraid that if someone throws you a ball you might not be able to catch it....instead of missing a few in the beginning, and progressively fewer later, etc. That's what life is like, learning to deal with the cards as they're dealt to you...trying to figure out what hand you can make of it, and betting on that and going for it, or folding and trying for a new deal, and seeing if that's any better.
Allen, when a parent literally and figuratively breaks your heart, the scar tissue is physical as well as emotional, and I really feel for you, that is brutal. Breaking the cycle is a beautiful thing though, and for me, raising two kids who wouldn't hurt a fly was my redemption, and seeing their gentle ways and kind dispositions is a reward in itself, and it makes me feel like I HAVE broken the cycle, and that my GRANDKIDS will NOT be abused, and their kids will not and so forth down the line.
The sacrifice you are making to break the cycle in your family is noble, and I commend you for it....but, as you are still young enough, you might find you are strong enough to consider passing your nobility to heirs, rather than letting that strength and its lineage, die out.
Avoiding getting drunk for example is a giant factor, as you know first hand....and, if not drunk, the ability to police one's actions is GREATLY improved. From what I know of you, you might be stronger than you think you are.
Think about it.
Kyle
Wheeling
- Location
- Chesapeake, VA
* I'm actually more socially awkward than I seem. I'm just shy I suppose. :weep:
* I'm currently talking, not dating yet, talking mind you, with a cute girl in medical school. :luv:
* I've been thinking about applying the the VA State Trooper academy after I leave the USAF :zomg:
* As of this morning I have run out of VA State Trooper recruitment vids on youtube to watch :meh:
* I owned a jeep before my Xterra...and I liked it a little better. I miss my jeep. :dead:
* I'm currently talking, not dating yet, talking mind you, with a cute girl in medical school. :luv:
* I've been thinking about applying the the VA State Trooper academy after I leave the USAF :zomg:
* As of this morning I have run out of VA State Trooper recruitment vids on youtube to watch :meh:
* I owned a jeep before my Xterra...and I liked it a little better. I miss my jeep. :dead:
- Location
- Morrison, CO
That ship has sailed TJ. When we decided not to have kids, I had a Vasectomy. Then my wife had to have an emergency Hysterectomy shortly after my heart surgery. If we change our minds, we may adopt, but our own kids are no longer an option. We'd probably have done just fine, but the risk was there and it's just not something I wanted to role the dice with.
Besides, now I get to beat on my truck! If I break it, I can weld it back together. Can't do that with a kid, legally.
Besides, now I get to beat on my truck! If I break it, I can weld it back together. Can't do that with a kid, legally.
caseycamby
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Marion, NC
- Location
- Dickinson, TX
TJ and Cycle,
I'm really glad both of you got through your child hood, especially one that rough. Also very proud of both of you that it did not turn you into bad guys that went out and hurt the world to make yourselfs feel better in some crazy way.
I'm really glad both of you got through your child hood, especially one that rough. Also very proud of both of you that it did not turn you into bad guys that went out and hurt the world to make yourselfs feel better in some crazy way.
- Location
- Denver Adjacent
Wow. Just Wow. I guess the only thing I can think to say is that I'm glad both of you came out above what you started in. And that I'm glad I don't have a reference point for what that's like. Its just crazy to me to think about what some people do to their kids.
Intender
Wheeling
- Location
- Lewisville NC
I am a Type 1 Diabetic, but refuse to let it control my life.
I chopped off one of my toes at the age of 10. Luckily it healed up after they stitched in on but I have no feeling in the toe.
If you have ever heard of the "wild and wonderful whites of west virginia" I am more closely related to them than I would ever like to admit.
I love to rock climb, but am deathly scared of heights. I will not climb any higher than about 80ft. I wont get on a ladder taller than 10 foot. I have to take massive amounts of xanax to even consider getting on a plane.
I am a smart guy, but spent most of my high school and college career trying to look stupid so people didnt expect too much. I also got tired of stoners and idiots wanting to do group projects with me and not doing their share of work.
It took me 8 years to get my college degree because I changed majors 3 times. I was 3 classes short from graduating the first change.
I was bullied badly up until I was about 17 by other kids due to being short and fat. That stopped when I hit a guy it the head with a desk. I am almost impossible to get angry, but when it happens I black out in a rage and have little to no recollection of what happened.
Only 3 people in my life know about this, but I threatened to kill my grandfather at the age of 14, who was a very abusive drunk to my grandmother, mother, and her siblings. He thought it was fun to come by and shoot at our house in the middle of the night, and would call regularly and say he was going to kill us if he ever saw us outsiide. When I started staying home by myself after school and on summer break he would come and beat on the door and say he was going to take me away, and if I didnt come he would kill my parents (never told my parents about this) One day I had enough and walked out the front door and put a shotgun in his face and told him if I ever saw him again I would kill him. He never came around after that, and when he died I didnt go to his funeral. he left me a fair chunk of money in his will and I told the lawyer I didnt want it and gave it to his youngest daughter who at the time was 4.
I married my first real girlfriend (more than just a few dates) who i started dating at 18. She went to a private school and went on a few dates with my best friend, and when they called it off he gave me her number and said he thought we had a lot in common.
I own about 9 different insturments, but can barely play any of them.
My wife who is a doctor and my family doctor both say I have the worst case of ADD they have ever seen in an adult. I didnt realize how bad it was till I started taking adderall around when I was 30, and it was like finding a magic pill that made me about 80% more productive in life. But I had to quit taking it as it caused an irregular heartbet. Never found another drug that worked for me and it tends to drive me insane these days because I now know how productive and organized I could be, but I am not willing to risk dying to be that way.
I chopped off one of my toes at the age of 10. Luckily it healed up after they stitched in on but I have no feeling in the toe.
If you have ever heard of the "wild and wonderful whites of west virginia" I am more closely related to them than I would ever like to admit.
I love to rock climb, but am deathly scared of heights. I will not climb any higher than about 80ft. I wont get on a ladder taller than 10 foot. I have to take massive amounts of xanax to even consider getting on a plane.
I am a smart guy, but spent most of my high school and college career trying to look stupid so people didnt expect too much. I also got tired of stoners and idiots wanting to do group projects with me and not doing their share of work.
It took me 8 years to get my college degree because I changed majors 3 times. I was 3 classes short from graduating the first change.
I was bullied badly up until I was about 17 by other kids due to being short and fat. That stopped when I hit a guy it the head with a desk. I am almost impossible to get angry, but when it happens I black out in a rage and have little to no recollection of what happened.
Only 3 people in my life know about this, but I threatened to kill my grandfather at the age of 14, who was a very abusive drunk to my grandmother, mother, and her siblings. He thought it was fun to come by and shoot at our house in the middle of the night, and would call regularly and say he was going to kill us if he ever saw us outsiide. When I started staying home by myself after school and on summer break he would come and beat on the door and say he was going to take me away, and if I didnt come he would kill my parents (never told my parents about this) One day I had enough and walked out the front door and put a shotgun in his face and told him if I ever saw him again I would kill him. He never came around after that, and when he died I didnt go to his funeral. he left me a fair chunk of money in his will and I told the lawyer I didnt want it and gave it to his youngest daughter who at the time was 4.
I married my first real girlfriend (more than just a few dates) who i started dating at 18. She went to a private school and went on a few dates with my best friend, and when they called it off he gave me her number and said he thought we had a lot in common.
I own about 9 different insturments, but can barely play any of them.
My wife who is a doctor and my family doctor both say I have the worst case of ADD they have ever seen in an adult. I didnt realize how bad it was till I started taking adderall around when I was 30, and it was like finding a magic pill that made me about 80% more productive in life. But I had to quit taking it as it caused an irregular heartbet. Never found another drug that worked for me and it tends to drive me insane these days because I now know how productive and organized I could be, but I am not willing to risk dying to be that way.
Cycle - Bon Voyage?
Intender - Damn, that's rough.
Sometimes I think no one is "Normal", and that all of us have crap going on that makes us abnormal...which, I guess, makes it normal?
We see others appearing to be coping and assume their lives are good/under control, etc....and that its just US that are trying to get through it all under duress....but, I suppose that underneath the facades - the structures are all either crumbling or shored up from the inside as best as possible.
I think the term "All Men Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation" was used in this context.
Intender - Damn, that's rough.
Sometimes I think no one is "Normal", and that all of us have crap going on that makes us abnormal...which, I guess, makes it normal?
We see others appearing to be coping and assume their lives are good/under control, etc....and that its just US that are trying to get through it all under duress....but, I suppose that underneath the facades - the structures are all either crumbling or shored up from the inside as best as possible.
I think the term "All Men Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation" was used in this context.
Intender
Wheeling
- Location
- Lewisville NC
TJ, I totally agree. I didnt grow up in a bad situation other than having my grandfather around from time to time. The thing with him was he was a good man when not drinking or doing drugs, but in the 26 years I knew him I can count those instances on one hand. My mother and her siblings grew up in an abusive situation that sounds similar to yours. The oldest brother ran away when he was 14 and didnt contanct anybody in the family until he was in his 50's. My mom left when she was 17, and the two younger ones and my grandmother moved to dallas tx with her a few years later. and I have heard my mom say something similar to what you said. They grew up that way their whole life so they just thought that is how life was. It wasnt until they got to be teenagers and would occasionally go stay at a friends house that they realized everybody didnt live that way. I cant imagine going through stuff like that growing up. In comparison my wife grew up in about as normal and stable a family as I think anybody could have. She thinks I had a hard life growing up, and she didnt know about my "crazy family" until we had been dating for many years. After I told her she straight said she wouldnt marry me until my grandfather was dead because she couldnt handle that kind of stress and wouldnt start a family with somebody like that in it.
Xterrafauss
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Jacksonville Florida
Alright my turn I guess....
I have never really had any issues with my family.
I have lived in an upper middle class home all my life but in no way have ever had anything handed to me. I have been working since I was 14 in mechanic jobs, landscaping, and construction.
My father is on mortgage so I have lived all over due to his extreme change in job location.
-grew up in Jacksonville Florida and Melbourne Australia as well as Aurora Colorado.
We moved a lot and one year he lost his job 5 times in 15 months (each at a different place)
My parents around the time I was 15 decided they wanted to adopt more kids so they adopted two little girls from Russia. Both have fetal alcohol syndrome and have a lot of health issues due to it that I can't even begin to list, but the main involve high blood pressure and one has a feeding tube and is about half the size she should be....she is 8 and weighs 35 pounds. But they are part of our family and I love them.
So now it's my dad my mom my brother and my two sisters
July 20th 2012 the Aurora movie shooting. I knew 2 people who were killed and about 5 that were injured. I was also supposed to be at that movie. That hurt me bad and hurt the town as a whole. That's why I have that sticker on my truck
Right out of high school my brother and I moved out and stayed in aurora while my folks and sisters moved to back to jacksonville. I started working heavy mechanics at the airport in Denver. I worked their for 1 year 12 hour night shifts 4 days a week.....I loved it :bmmd:
I had to quit that job and move down to Florida to help my mom who tore her rotator cuff and had to have surgery and needed help with my sisters who were then 8 and 9.
I have recently decided to join the Navy and will be signing up in January.
I have also had to get in shape when I left Colorado I weighed right around 255 I am now don to 200 and plan to drop about 15 more to be "ready" for the navy.
My brother is a high school English teacher who is going to be quitting his current job to teach on military bases because he didn't feel he was doing enough good.
My mom and dad just had their first ever custom house built and my dad was just laid off.......
I was also laid off......
He has taken another job with significantly less pay and we are looking at moving again.
This is me my dad and my sisters
Left dad, right me,
Blue pants Lauren 9, purple Katie 8
I have never really had any issues with my family.
I have lived in an upper middle class home all my life but in no way have ever had anything handed to me. I have been working since I was 14 in mechanic jobs, landscaping, and construction.
My father is on mortgage so I have lived all over due to his extreme change in job location.
-grew up in Jacksonville Florida and Melbourne Australia as well as Aurora Colorado.
We moved a lot and one year he lost his job 5 times in 15 months (each at a different place)
My parents around the time I was 15 decided they wanted to adopt more kids so they adopted two little girls from Russia. Both have fetal alcohol syndrome and have a lot of health issues due to it that I can't even begin to list, but the main involve high blood pressure and one has a feeding tube and is about half the size she should be....she is 8 and weighs 35 pounds. But they are part of our family and I love them.
So now it's my dad my mom my brother and my two sisters
July 20th 2012 the Aurora movie shooting. I knew 2 people who were killed and about 5 that were injured. I was also supposed to be at that movie. That hurt me bad and hurt the town as a whole. That's why I have that sticker on my truck
Right out of high school my brother and I moved out and stayed in aurora while my folks and sisters moved to back to jacksonville. I started working heavy mechanics at the airport in Denver. I worked their for 1 year 12 hour night shifts 4 days a week.....I loved it :bmmd:
I had to quit that job and move down to Florida to help my mom who tore her rotator cuff and had to have surgery and needed help with my sisters who were then 8 and 9.
I have recently decided to join the Navy and will be signing up in January.
I have also had to get in shape when I left Colorado I weighed right around 255 I am now don to 200 and plan to drop about 15 more to be "ready" for the navy.
My brother is a high school English teacher who is going to be quitting his current job to teach on military bases because he didn't feel he was doing enough good.
My mom and dad just had their first ever custom house built and my dad was just laid off.......
I was also laid off......
He has taken another job with significantly less pay and we are looking at moving again.
This is me my dad and my sisters
Left dad, right me,
Blue pants Lauren 9, purple Katie 8
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BigTim55
Banned
- Location
- San Antonio
well... i guess i will share. where to start, lets start from the beginning
i was born with a heart disease that i had to have open heart surgery at 17 months old, i was only 17 pounds at 17 months old. i had blockage in my pulmonary valve and a few holes in my heart. they cut me open, patched one hole and unblocked my pulmonary valve, but not before losing me twice. my last hole in my heart just closed up by itself about 5 years ago. after that life was good... i grew up in a great family or so i thought... my dad always had a temper and literally scared the crap out of me and almost everyone in the neighborhood. he is a vietnam vet. at about 11 years old i found out that the man i called my dad my whole life wasnt my biological father. it really hit me hard since we have always had such a great relationship. i eventually got over it and by finding this out i found out i have a little brother who is a little over a year younger than me and we are now as close as ever. the man who raised me is my dad and i have so much more respect for him now because i know it wasnt easy raising another mans child and not treating him any different than my older brother and sister. when i was 18 i was told by my heart doctor that i have a leak now where they snipped my pulmonary valve to fix the block. i also started to have passing out spells so at 20 they did a lathroscopic procedure to shock my heart to try to find the rhythm that was making me pass out, they found it, and my heart stopped. i will be having another heart surgery this summer. 3 years ago i found out my dad who has been working in peru for most of my life has had a second family there. he no longer works in peru or sees the other family but he still sends them money. i love my dad more than anything for everything he has done for me but i can't get over the fact that i feel betrayed.
i was born with a heart disease that i had to have open heart surgery at 17 months old, i was only 17 pounds at 17 months old. i had blockage in my pulmonary valve and a few holes in my heart. they cut me open, patched one hole and unblocked my pulmonary valve, but not before losing me twice. my last hole in my heart just closed up by itself about 5 years ago. after that life was good... i grew up in a great family or so i thought... my dad always had a temper and literally scared the crap out of me and almost everyone in the neighborhood. he is a vietnam vet. at about 11 years old i found out that the man i called my dad my whole life wasnt my biological father. it really hit me hard since we have always had such a great relationship. i eventually got over it and by finding this out i found out i have a little brother who is a little over a year younger than me and we are now as close as ever. the man who raised me is my dad and i have so much more respect for him now because i know it wasnt easy raising another mans child and not treating him any different than my older brother and sister. when i was 18 i was told by my heart doctor that i have a leak now where they snipped my pulmonary valve to fix the block. i also started to have passing out spells so at 20 they did a lathroscopic procedure to shock my heart to try to find the rhythm that was making me pass out, they found it, and my heart stopped. i will be having another heart surgery this summer. 3 years ago i found out my dad who has been working in peru for most of my life has had a second family there. he no longer works in peru or sees the other family but he still sends them money. i love my dad more than anything for everything he has done for me but i can't get over the fact that i feel betrayed.
BigTim55
Banned
- Location
- San Antonio