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Cause I heard my father say that to my mother and like, I knew what it meant. It was kind of weird. Cause you're five, you know what I mean? Right. So, and then, yeah, literally he, that happened. And then I woke up the next morning and he was gone. And so he never really wanted much to do with me. I was lucky if I saw him once a year, you know, after they got a divorce. And I'm an only child.
So my father married the woman he was cheating with and she didn't have any kids. They didn't have any kids together. And then, you know, my mother got remarried a couple of years later to my to my now stepfather. And I got a stepbrother and two stepsisters out of it. But my mom and my stepdad didn't have any kids together either. So I'm like a legit only child. Right. Yeah.
So my father married the woman he was cheating with and she didn't have any kids. They didn't have any kids together. And then, you know, my mother got remarried a couple of years later to my to my now stepfather. And I got a stepbrother and two stepsisters out of it. But my mom and my stepdad didn't have any kids together either. So I'm like a legit only child. Right. Yeah.
So my father married the woman he was cheating with and she didn't have any kids. They didn't have any kids together. And then, you know, my mother got remarried a couple of years later to my to my now stepfather. And I got a stepbrother and two stepsisters out of it. But my mom and my stepdad didn't have any kids together either. So I'm like a legit only child. Right. Yeah.
So after my dad left, he didn't want much to do with me, didn't see me that often, didn't really pay child support. My mom showed me records and proof and stuff. She wasn't just trying to bash my dad. He was not the greatest guy. He had his own fucking issues. He drank, alcoholism runs in my family, horrible. So bad to the point that my mother's father actually killed himself because of it.
So after my dad left, he didn't want much to do with me, didn't see me that often, didn't really pay child support. My mom showed me records and proof and stuff. She wasn't just trying to bash my dad. He was not the greatest guy. He had his own fucking issues. He drank, alcoholism runs in my family, horrible. So bad to the point that my mother's father actually killed himself because of it.
So after my dad left, he didn't want much to do with me, didn't see me that often, didn't really pay child support. My mom showed me records and proof and stuff. She wasn't just trying to bash my dad. He was not the greatest guy. He had his own fucking issues. He drank, alcoholism runs in my family, horrible. So bad to the point that my mother's father actually killed himself because of it.
Hung himself. Which is a wild story in itself, like how it happened. He, um... Obviously, way before I was born, but he was in World War II and came home and obviously had a bunch of issues. My mother's father, my grandfather, drank a lot and got picked up one night here in town by the police for drunk and disorderly or something like that, and they put him in the holding cell.
Hung himself. Which is a wild story in itself, like how it happened. He, um... Obviously, way before I was born, but he was in World War II and came home and obviously had a bunch of issues. My mother's father, my grandfather, drank a lot and got picked up one night here in town by the police for drunk and disorderly or something like that, and they put him in the holding cell.
Hung himself. Which is a wild story in itself, like how it happened. He, um... Obviously, way before I was born, but he was in World War II and came home and obviously had a bunch of issues. My mother's father, my grandfather, drank a lot and got picked up one night here in town by the police for drunk and disorderly or something like that, and they put him in the holding cell.
And apparently it was cold. And so he asked if he could have his, like his coat, like his, he had like a trench coat or something. And he took the belt off the coat and hung himself in the cell. Okay. Yeah. So that's my mother's father. Yeah. So alcoholism runs on both sides, on my mother's side and my father's side, like, like horrible. You know, my last name is German and Welsh.
And apparently it was cold. And so he asked if he could have his, like his coat, like his, he had like a trench coat or something. And he took the belt off the coat and hung himself in the cell. Okay. Yeah. So that's my mother's father. Yeah. So alcoholism runs on both sides, on my mother's side and my father's side, like, like horrible. You know, my last name is German and Welsh.
And apparently it was cold. And so he asked if he could have his, like his coat, like his, he had like a trench coat or something. And he took the belt off the coat and hung himself in the cell. Okay. Yeah. So that's my mother's father. Yeah. So alcoholism runs on both sides, on my mother's side and my father's side, like, like horrible. You know, my last name is German and Welsh.
So we got German in us. So there's plenty of drinkers in my family. They like beer. But I didn't go that route. I went the more chemical route. You know what I mean? Yeah. I was never big on beer.
So we got German in us. So there's plenty of drinkers in my family. They like beer. But I didn't go that route. I went the more chemical route. You know what I mean? Yeah. I was never big on beer.
So we got German in us. So there's plenty of drinkers in my family. They like beer. But I didn't go that route. I went the more chemical route. You know what I mean? Yeah. I was never big on beer.
So anyway, my mom got remarried when I was seven to my stepfather, who honestly I really don't have that much in common with or get along with either, but he's good to my mother and that's all I care about. So growing up, you know, I was very lucky. Come from an upper middle class home.
So anyway, my mom got remarried when I was seven to my stepfather, who honestly I really don't have that much in common with or get along with either, but he's good to my mother and that's all I care about. So growing up, you know, I was very lucky. Come from an upper middle class home.
So anyway, my mom got remarried when I was seven to my stepfather, who honestly I really don't have that much in common with or get along with either, but he's good to my mother and that's all I care about. So growing up, you know, I was very lucky. Come from an upper middle class home.
My mother, especially after my father left, great woman, very smart, worked four jobs to take care of her and I before she met my stepfather. People hear that and they go, four jobs, what the fuck? I'm like, yeah. She was an insurance agent for 45 years until she retired. She was the clerk treasurer at the local library and she did books and payroll for two separate laundromats.