Franco needs an Answer!
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Well I am a Mexican-American and my parents are 100% Mexican and they follow their traditions. However, I don't think this situation has anything to do with their "traditions". You see my parents have never really motivated us to do anything with our lives, yet anything we do good is not good enough.
'm 20 and I have 2 older brothers. (Rob)24 & (Pablo)28.
My bro Pablo has a family of 4 and is a Class-A truck driver who never went to college.
While my bro Rob never graduated high school and has never really worked a day in his life and received a DUI at age 20.
My parents have never tried to get us to leave home until a few months ago. My bro Pablo decided to leave home after his wife got into a fight my brother Robs girlfriend.
My bro Rob is lazy and has no inspiration and what my parents don't know is that he brought home a whore. A girl who has been around the block more than a few times. Shamelessly, she kept coming over until she finally moved in; right after my eldest bro and his family had left.
Now there's two lazy moochers living in our home who don't help, two more mouths my parents have to feed and two more people who add to my parents bills.
Yet they don't see that and my parents blame anyone and everyone who comes across our house.
As for me, I'm a 20 y/o male named Jimmy and have learned a bit from my bros mistakes. I graduated High School, and have been attending a community college for two years. I was doing general education but, it wasn't until June of 2010 when I realized what type of career I wanted; Law Enforcement a Sheriff/Police.
I think my parents are bitter because my bro Pablo left and the fact that I visit my bro and his family every day, bothers my parents. Their grandchildren where a big part of there life and now its not the same and probably never will be.
I feel a bit outcast in my own home and I also feel disgusted and disturbed every time I see my bro Robs GF in the house. They have no shame and it seriously bothers me.
My older bro tells me not to lose hope and stay focused in school. Even though we are 8 yrs apart I have always had a great relationship with him and this whole situation hurts me the most.
I came close to leaving home, however my father begged me to stay and so I did, for him...
The relationship I have with my parents has gone down hill in the past few months, it has actually been going down for years, its been boiling up... especially with my mother.
Currently its getting a bit difficult, I get yelled at alot by my parents when I'm not in school, they say, "get a job and pay some bills". Yet they say nothing to my bro Rob and his scummy GF.
I talked to many recruiters and have decided I am going to join the Army, in order to gain knowledge in combat and law enforcement.
I told my brother Pablo but, I have not told my parents and the only thing that has kept me from signing that contract is the fact that my mother is 55 and my father is 58.
I don't want to lose them, they are old and I would be devastated if our relationship ended like this...
Also being a proud uncle of 3 is hard, I will miss those children when I join, I care for them as if they were my own.
I think my problem has always been that I care too much, to live my own life and it sucks and hurts.
What do I do?..... I try not to lose faith and I am a religious person, but sometimes its hard to find an answer..
'm 20 and I have 2 older brothers. (Rob)24 & (Pablo)28.
My bro Pablo has a family of 4 and is a Class-A truck driver who never went to college.
While my bro Rob never graduated high school and has never really worked a day in his life and received a DUI at age 20.
My parents have never tried to get us to leave home until a few months ago. My bro Pablo decided to leave home after his wife got into a fight my brother Robs girlfriend.
My bro Rob is lazy and has no inspiration and what my parents don't know is that he brought home a whore. A girl who has been around the block more than a few times. Shamelessly, she kept coming over until she finally moved in; right after my eldest bro and his family had left.
Now there's two lazy moochers living in our home who don't help, two more mouths my parents have to feed and two more people who add to my parents bills.
Yet they don't see that and my parents blame anyone and everyone who comes across our house.
As for me, I'm a 20 y/o male named Jimmy and have learned a bit from my bros mistakes. I graduated High School, and have been attending a community college for two years. I was doing general education but, it wasn't until June of 2010 when I realized what type of career I wanted; Law Enforcement a Sheriff/Police.
I think my parents are bitter because my bro Pablo left and the fact that I visit my bro and his family every day, bothers my parents. Their grandchildren where a big part of there life and now its not the same and probably never will be.
I feel a bit outcast in my own home and I also feel disgusted and disturbed every time I see my bro Robs GF in the house. They have no shame and it seriously bothers me.
My older bro tells me not to lose hope and stay focused in school. Even though we are 8 yrs apart I have always had a great relationship with him and this whole situation hurts me the most.
I came close to leaving home, however my father begged me to stay and so I did, for him...
The relationship I have with my parents has gone down hill in the past few months, it has actually been going down for years, its been boiling up... especially with my mother.
Currently its getting a bit difficult, I get yelled at alot by my parents when I'm not in school, they say, "get a job and pay some bills". Yet they say nothing to my bro Rob and his scummy GF.
I talked to many recruiters and have decided I am going to join the Army, in order to gain knowledge in combat and law enforcement.
I told my brother Pablo but, I have not told my parents and the only thing that has kept me from signing that contract is the fact that my mother is 55 and my father is 58.
I don't want to lose them, they are old and I would be devastated if our relationship ended like this...
Also being a proud uncle of 3 is hard, I will miss those children when I join, I care for them as if they were my own.
I think my problem has always been that I care too much, to live my own life and it sucks and hurts.
What do I do?..... I try not to lose faith and I am a religious person, but sometimes its hard to find an answer..