My dad was a smart guy but will never respect me so I cut him out of my life
I mean I have done alot of stuff in my life that he has never done and never will do. I didn't see my dad jumping out of airplanes in the army. I didn't see him going to Afghanistan for 4 years. I didn't see him getting laid off 3 times and bouncing back each time with a larger salary and title than before. He wasn't a soldier, mechanic, and then engineer all in the same life.
He never flunked out of Michigan and then went all over the world to get the money to come back and finish the degree that afforded me this life (but yea apparently cOllEge Is a WaSte of MoneY 🙄, but that's a different topic).
All he did was get on a plane to the US from China, overstay his student visa, and marry some dumb broke woman who happened to be an American citizen to get a green card and stay here. Then he worked at the same dumb ass company programming for 30 years. Wow color me impressed.
I will admit that he is a very smart guy. A brilliant computer programmer. I was never ever able to beat him at chess. He did pour money into me when I was growing up. But I also remember being beaten up and yelled at alot. I also remember being told when I was in Afghanistan that I wasn't shit.
I actually believed this too for a long time. That was until I remember I was going for a walk with my fiancee at the time and she asked me, "but he didn't do anything you have done" and that woke me up and I realized I have long passed him by.
It's true that my dad will always be wealthier than I am. I will never ever be able to beat my dad in that but at the same time he never really lived like I have.
He never flunked out of Michigan and then went all over the world to get the money to come back and finish the degree that afforded me this life (but yea apparently cOllEge Is a WaSte of MoneY 🙄, but that's a different topic).
All he did was get on a plane to the US from China, overstay his student visa, and marry some dumb broke woman who happened to be an American citizen to get a green card and stay here. Then he worked at the same dumb ass company programming for 30 years. Wow color me impressed.
I will admit that he is a very smart guy. A brilliant computer programmer. I was never ever able to beat him at chess. He did pour money into me when I was growing up. But I also remember being beaten up and yelled at alot. I also remember being told when I was in Afghanistan that I wasn't shit.
I actually believed this too for a long time. That was until I remember I was going for a walk with my fiancee at the time and she asked me, "but he didn't do anything you have done" and that woke me up and I realized I have long passed him by.
It's true that my dad will always be wealthier than I am. I will never ever be able to beat my dad in that but at the same time he never really lived like I have.
