complete bullshit
you know how parents do things like pay for college or at least help or cover some random debt or do something nice at some time to save your ass?
my mother did something like that for me five years ago when she covered a half a debt for me as i was offered the option to pay half of it and retain the record of a full payment. this happened with the understanding that i would pay her back. what followed was a horrible episode of unseeming dimensions as my credit was destroyed, the company listed it as a loss which is not what they told us they would do, and i was suddenly unable to even get a student loan without a cosignature. my mother advised me and even pressured me into taking the deal way back then when, at the time, i thought it was a bad idea. many awful things have happened to me over the years as a result of this one moment in time. because my mother recognized the injustice that was done she canceled the debt which i owed to her. she told me i would never have to worry about it again and we'd both lose. i'd lose my credit for a period of 5 to 10 years and she'd lose some money.
today, just now, i got my very first professional paycheck. mysteriously, my mother reproduces this bill from over five years ago that she agreed to let go of considering the circumstances.
i was livid with the obvious motives behind her movements. i finally have the chance to get ahead and she's first in line with her hand out to collect even before my student loans and my car payment. it infuriates me that the only exceptional help i ever got through my college years from either one of my parents suddenly has a pricetag on it.
should this piss me off? i think it should. i mean, who nullifies such a thing and then keeps the bill to hold over your head in case you ever make it? who jumps their kids for money when it looks like they may be making it, hittin' with the "in case" bill before they even get there?
my mother did something like that for me five years ago when she covered a half a debt for me as i was offered the option to pay half of it and retain the record of a full payment. this happened with the understanding that i would pay her back. what followed was a horrible episode of unseeming dimensions as my credit was destroyed, the company listed it as a loss which is not what they told us they would do, and i was suddenly unable to even get a student loan without a cosignature. my mother advised me and even pressured me into taking the deal way back then when, at the time, i thought it was a bad idea. many awful things have happened to me over the years as a result of this one moment in time. because my mother recognized the injustice that was done she canceled the debt which i owed to her. she told me i would never have to worry about it again and we'd both lose. i'd lose my credit for a period of 5 to 10 years and she'd lose some money.
today, just now, i got my very first professional paycheck. mysteriously, my mother reproduces this bill from over five years ago that she agreed to let go of considering the circumstances.
i was livid with the obvious motives behind her movements. i finally have the chance to get ahead and she's first in line with her hand out to collect even before my student loans and my car payment. it infuriates me that the only exceptional help i ever got through my college years from either one of my parents suddenly has a pricetag on it.
should this piss me off? i think it should. i mean, who nullifies such a thing and then keeps the bill to hold over your head in case you ever make it? who jumps their kids for money when it looks like they may be making it, hittin' with the "in case" bill before they even get there?