meezercat
11-26-2001, 06:20 PM
My dad is basically a jerk. He does all kinds of jerk-y crap almost every day, but today I feel like ranting about one specific thing.
Just keep in mind, he is a jerk ALL the time, so there is no need for anyone to defend him ;)
Last night he called me. Part of the call was spent whining about having lost his job. Mind you, he worked at that company almost 15 years and says he never ever liked it there. He also had two years warning that this was coming, and he's lucky it didn't happen much sooner. He just never bothered to get off his lazy butt and look for another job.
Then he tells me that he has to save absolutely every dime, and cannot afford to do Christmas presents this year. Now, take into consideration his wife makes a crapload of money, and has two spoiled rotten kids who I'm sure won't be getting one single less gift. He also got 4 months of severance, and expects to have another job within a month or two.
Also, don't think I'm a spoiled rotten kid as well, it's not like I get hundreds of dollars of gifts from him. Generally he gives me something about $20 which I don't even like. So it's really not the fact that I'm not getting a gift that bothers me. It's the fact that he's whining about not having any money to buy gifts.
So, at least that clinches it for me. He is only getting an invite to my wedding because he's my dad, and his wife is NOT getting one. My mom (who makes about 25% what he does) is chipping in for the wedding, and he supposedly can't even afford 20 freaking dollars.
:devil:
Just keep in mind, he is a jerk ALL the time, so there is no need for anyone to defend him ;)
Last night he called me. Part of the call was spent whining about having lost his job. Mind you, he worked at that company almost 15 years and says he never ever liked it there. He also had two years warning that this was coming, and he's lucky it didn't happen much sooner. He just never bothered to get off his lazy butt and look for another job.
Then he tells me that he has to save absolutely every dime, and cannot afford to do Christmas presents this year. Now, take into consideration his wife makes a crapload of money, and has two spoiled rotten kids who I'm sure won't be getting one single less gift. He also got 4 months of severance, and expects to have another job within a month or two.
Also, don't think I'm a spoiled rotten kid as well, it's not like I get hundreds of dollars of gifts from him. Generally he gives me something about $20 which I don't even like. So it's really not the fact that I'm not getting a gift that bothers me. It's the fact that he's whining about not having any money to buy gifts.
So, at least that clinches it for me. He is only getting an invite to my wedding because he's my dad, and his wife is NOT getting one. My mom (who makes about 25% what he does) is chipping in for the wedding, and he supposedly can't even afford 20 freaking dollars.
:devil: