Comments on: Family Affairs http://fadedout.com/2007/01/02/family-affairs/ College student who has had ups and downs and I'm here to share a bit of my life with you! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter http://fadedout.com/2007/01/02/family-affairs/comment-page-1/#comment-10249 Peter Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:58:02 +0000 http://fadedout.com/blog/2007/01/02/family-affairs/#comment-10249 wow. you know, what you put into words is a lot of stuff thats similar to my life as well. i can relate to the mom, the dad, i dont know how my brother and sister are still relatively unaffected by our dysfunctional family. yea, i guess they are still young. I guess what i'm trying to say is that you've got friends, and if you ever need support your friends will be there. (or atleast thuy will, haha thuy is so nice.. or jessica or lindy.. lol etc.) i'll post on xanga someday. hah wow.

you know, what you put into words is a lot of stuff thats similar to my life as well. i can relate to the mom, the dad, i dont know how my brother and sister are still relatively unaffected by our dysfunctional family. yea, i guess they are still young.

I guess what i'm trying to say is that you've got friends, and if you ever need support your friends will be there. (or atleast thuy will, haha thuy is so nice.. or jessica or lindy.. lol etc.)

i'll post on xanga someday. hah

]]> By: Dave http://fadedout.com/2007/01/02/family-affairs/comment-page-1/#comment-7350 Dave Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:22:25 +0000 http://fadedout.com/blog/2007/01/02/family-affairs/#comment-7350 *sigh* Yeah, I see that's not a great situation to be in. I wish that my family was closer, too. My sister and I don't really talk to our parents except for the daily stuff. We don't really talk to each other, either. I'd be on the computer, whichever parent is home would be watching TV, and my sister would be in her room. We'd eat out together once in a while, but it's still that dead silence that I don't like. It's quite hard since there's a language barrier. My parents own a gift shop, and it usually doesn't do so well so money's an issue here, too. Sometimes, I glance at the credit card bills and I think, damn, how are we going to pay this. But it just happens. Hmm, besides for that, the hours are long and at least one of my parents has to always be there, so that doesn't work out well, too. I guess I'll be off to college soon. Just a few more months. Since we're below this income threshold, financial aid should cover some of it. So I'll be able to go to college and probably not worry about this family thing too much. I'm just hoping that I'd talk more with my parents since I'd call them and we'd need to have a conversation. I think my parents are depending on my sister and I for retirement. The business doesn't earn enough for them to save up. I don't know. So I'll just go with the flow, go to college, and hopefully be able to support my family. And I don't know what I'll do with the rest of my life. Scary road, isn't it? *sigh* Yeah, I see that's not a great situation to be in. I wish that my family was closer, too. My sister and I don't really talk to our parents except for the daily stuff. We don't really talk to each other, either. I'd be on the computer, whichever parent is home would be watching TV, and my sister would be in her room. We'd eat out together once in a while, but it's still that dead silence that I don't like. It's quite hard since there's a language barrier.

My parents own a gift shop, and it usually doesn't do so well so money's an issue here, too. Sometimes, I glance at the credit card bills and I think, damn, how are we going to pay this. But it just happens. Hmm, besides for that, the hours are long and at least one of my parents has to always be there, so that doesn't work out well, too.

I guess I'll be off to college soon. Just a few more months. Since we're below this income threshold, financial aid should cover some of it. So I'll be able to go to college and probably not worry about this family thing too much. I'm just hoping that I'd talk more with my parents since I'd call them and we'd need to have a conversation.

I think my parents are depending on my sister and I for retirement. The business doesn't earn enough for them to save up.

I don't know. So I'll just go with the flow, go to college, and hopefully be able to support my family. And I don't know what I'll do with the rest of my life.

Scary road, isn't it?

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