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So I thought that my Dad had decided against taking the job in California, but I learned today just how wrong I was. We had the family talk the talk I haven't heard in five years and the talk i had hoped to never hear again. My Dad's job now at Johnson&Johnson is not working out and he has two job offers already. One in Palo Alto, California and
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Collect the life insurance.
Just kidding.
Seriously though, they're overrated. Your pop has dragged you around everywhere, in fact, there seems to be a pattern of you being led around that transcends from your family encounters to your life. For once you need to take some charge and decide what you think is best for you. Seriously, I dont mean disrespect, but fuck your dad. He's so worried about this endless persuit of wealth. Just always wanting a little more, and always putting money over the well being of his family. And dont give me the "he's trying to get more money to take care of us" because that's bullshit too. I mean your dad has been supporting you FINE financially. You've said to me before that your family is fine financially. Why go for the new job? Just for a change of setting? Sounds like an awfully conceited reason if you ask me. Or just to pad his retirement account? What a shitty mentality. Seriously, I've seen some shitty things, but that's fucking shitty as shit in a poo salad.
Really fuckin shitty.
Am I right or what?
-Matt
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kat can do whatever the fuck she wants, in fact i think she kinda made it clear in the above paragraph that her dad gave her brother and herself a choice. i agree with you that kat needs to decide for herself but that rant about her dad was just, yea, stupid.
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Her Dad gave her a choice? Choosing where to attend college is not the only issue here. Where my "parents are overrated" statement is indeed idiotic (read: It was supposed to be facetious), Kat has to make a choice which involves a significant sacrafice, and that is whether she wants to go to college in California, and be far away from her mother (from what I am told, her Mom is going to stay back in PA), and with the choice of where she goes to college, California or York, inherently she is going to see one parent a disproportionate amount of time (I am drawing this statement based on multiple factors: proximity, airfare costs, time and school schedules.) The average price for an airline ticket from PA to California (using Harrisburg and Sacramento as reference cities) is about 765 dollars (source: www.delta.com). Where I dont doubt Kat's well being financially, dropping closer to a thousand dollars each time one wants to go out to California and see her Dad (or to Pennsylvania) to see her Mom would be outrageous!
Also, the itinerary that is factored in is quite hard to control for, and the length of breaks at York are not very conducive to flying out for half of the break (if the goal were to have equal time spent with each parent during a break) and flying back again, with the obvious exceptions of Winter and Spring Break. I mean, it's a 4-5 hour flight from one coast to the other, with about 2-2.5 hours of Airport screening and roughly 1.5 hours of commute from Kat's residence to an airport (both states, california and PA. So 2(2.5)+2(4.5)+4(1.5)/2 = 7 hours per trip. That blows off an entire day for each (where by day, I dont mean 24 hours, I mean time that there is daylight, not even factoring in time for packing for each trip) so 2 days are immediately shot from each break. And the average break at York college, not counting Spring Break or Winter Break is 4 (this is not empirical, but my best estimate based on experience) would leave 1 day to spend with each parent per break, where other intangibles such as unecessary stress are not even looked at.
Look, Kat does not really have a choice when it comes to this situation where a family will be divided. If this were to actually happen, inevitably she is going to be alienated more from one or the other parent. There is no alternative to that assessment, and forcing that type of situation is really botched, if you ask me.
Also, with regards to the "one cent...education" statement: the education I am recieving is being completely financed by me. I am recieving loans and grants completely on my own with no compensation from my parents. So, yes, they are not paying a single cent for my education. I am fronting the bill on my own. Glad you could concern yourself with my own financial situation.
Am I right or what?
-Matt
Post Script: I dont mean to use this as a belittling statement, just a defense of my prior position.
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