The SeaGlass Siren
idk but it still smells like peeOriginally Posted by MerMaisy
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user formerly known as mermaidofthelabyrinth
My dad calls my mermaid stuff "mermaid bullshit". Today I just checked my grades from the last semester of college that just ended and he said that he would give me back money for the classes I got a C or better in, now since I got one D he said he never said that and that what he really said was that if I got all my classes C or better he would give me $500. Now I have to use everything in my checking and saving accounts to pay half of the cost of summer and fall semester. He is verbally and sometimes physically abusive, I live my whole life afraid that when he gets angry he's going to hurt me. And I was going to order my sequins for my tail tonight but I can't because I have no money to buy them anymore.
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*Previously know as KellyMermaid*
I'm sorry. Do you have any other family or friends you could live with? I know it's difficult when people don't support you emotionally. *huggles*
Kelly, i'm going to say this as politely as i possibly can.
Get the fuck out of there. If he attempts to abuse you in anyway, call the police and claim domestic violence/child abuse/physical assault.
The SeaGlass Siren
Sold my saddle finally! Got my money out of it, and i am $200 away from getting my tail!
Big mistake for me to get my effing hopes up. -_-
My dad demands me give the money to him to pay him back for paying for my truck to get fixed.
Now, if i had been the one who messed my truck up, yes. I would. Obviously, im not a twat.
My boyfriend has been driving it to and from work everyday. He is hard on vehicles, my truck is old as it is, and he decides he wants to drive like it's a brand new vehicle that has perfect working everything.
Uh, no!
I told him that HE would be paying the money to get it fixed because HE was the one who was driving it.
I literally didnt get my license until after it had to go into shop, so obviously i couldnt have been the one to screw it up.
I told him this.
So my dad said "then you have to use that money to buy a new air conditioner"
UGH
I am an adult. I have my own house. Truck. Etc.
I will buy a new air conditioner when I need one!
He literally tries to dictate how everyone lives their lives, whether their his kids, family, friends, acquaintances, random people on the street, anyone.
Its ridiculous.
He says if i want to be treated like an adult, i need to act like an adult, and quit with the "mermaid sh#t
Tell me your secrets, sailor.. and I'll whisper mine in return.
Acting like an adult and having hobbies are two very different things. Adults are just children grown up anyway.
Tell him to not act like a douche bag and maybe you'd listen to him.
The SeaGlass Siren
I'll turn 50 this year and still can't tie a tie. Facebook keeps asking where I grew up. So long as I never answer, I never have to grow up!
(Formerly known as Æolius)
No I can't move out of the house right now because i'm completely reliant on my parents to pay for my college and the closest relatives to me are in the bay area and they don't have any room/time. everyone else in my family thinks its super cool and my mom supports me and keeps me safe when hes in a bad mood.
thanks for the concern but its just not possible for me to leave or anything, but i have my mom by my side.
Good luck, Kelly. That shit ain't okay.
And, ouch, Shimmer. That isn't okay either.
I'm fairly lucky. Most of my family are fully supportive of my mermaiding.
Now for a comparatively trivial teenaged rant heightened by my upcoming Junior year of high school finals.
My family's still upset that the smart, bookish, walking encyclopedia ended up being an utter fuck up academically. I guess some of them hoped I'd be a surgeon or a lawyer and be able to support them for all eternity. Unfortunate that my drive for the continuance of my personal research and education left my formal grades languishing at a 2.7 GPA. Forget that I'm nearly fluent in Japanese, a decent writer, very good at talking to peoole, talking my way into and out of things, and deeply understanding of contrasting world religions and philosophies (if mermaiding and writing are my passions, world theology is my pet hobby). Forget all of her accomplishments, my daughter/niece/cousin/granddaughter/greatgranddaughter isn't going to Harvard or Northwestern or Princeton or Stanford or where ever else. And as a mermaid or police officer or ESL teacher in Japan she won't make enough cash to fund my retirement.
My parents, at least, seem to think mermaiding is worthwhile. It's really the depression-era relatives that do it, my grandparents and great aunts and uncles. Still. I feel suffocated by the weight of everyone's broken desires. God damn I hate being dubbef the "smart one." My cousins are smart too, one wants to be a math teacher for crying out loud! I don't understand a whit of math. So why they lay so much of their expectation on the quietly reading, researching know-it-all I haven't a clue.
I feel guilty that I can't give them what they want, but it's my life. I need to prioritize my happiness and get my scaly butt either back home to New York (I do love my adopted city of Chicago, but I spent my formative years in Manhattan, and it is undeniably home), or off to Japan. Which somehow managed to feel more like home in my brief homestay there than my ritzy little suburb of Chicago has in the past eleven years.
Okay. Rant over. Finals, papers, and a general lack of sleep were just getting to me, I guess.
finals wasn't THAT bad.
I only cried three times.
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See, I actually really like testing, it's just that junior year is actually significant. And while my mom is proud of my mermaiding she - like everyone else in my family - expects more from me in the future than I can give.
My mom died last year, so I'm living with my other mom and sister. I'm pretty much the most responsible person in the house. When I started high school, I thought at this point in my life I'd be enrolled at Stanford or some other college, majoring in science I think. In reality, I'm training for a part time front desk job, planning on going to a junior college, trying to start up a mermaid business/hobby and I want to be a model and/or professional cheerleader. It's definitely not what expected, but I don't really see myself going the direction everyone thought I would. Just while we're discussing family and life.
I'm glad you have other people, especially your mom to support you Kelly. Have you researched financial aid and scholarship opportunities?
OK SO my brother just tried to burn down the house and is blaming it on ME because I'm "mentally unstable" LMAO OKAY dumbass
ever thought I'm mentally unstable partially because you ABUSED ME FOR THE LONGEST TIME??? what a piece of shit
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Wow, I hope everything is ok. I can't believe someone would do something like that
Your imagination is your only limit
Why the fuck would he burn down the house??? Selfish I tell you.
1) for being an attention whore
2) what the fuck? money went into that house to put a roof over his head and he's just gonna disregard it and burn the house down?
3) On top of which if you don't have house insurance the whole family is fucked.
The SeaGlass Siren
I don't think he knew exactly what he was getting himself into. he burned some paper (probably something that has to do with me) right next to the cabinet of highly flammable substances. he could've killed our dogs, cats, his own damn tarantula, and all my fishy babies. I'm so pissed.
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Ew tarantula? I could never have one as a pet. They're intriguing, but creepy. How old is your brother? Burning stuff in the house sounds like a bad idea.
How old is he??? He sounds like a psychopath!!!
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