Are you close?

My mom hates my wife because she's from another country. But she will help me if I have an emergency, even if we haven't spoke in a while. My dad will try if it's not too much of an inconvenience, or my grandma makes him.


Are they old as shit?

Nah, they were both way early 20s when I was born. They haven't hit 60 yet.

What did they do for a living?

My mom was a waitress most of my life. She tried to get into the medical field in a couple different ways, but it never worked out for her. She collects disability and won't really tell anyone what qualifies her for it.

My dad...He worked various jobs when I was growing up. For the last 15 years, he's been helping out older relatives (not very well..but that's another story) and my grandma gives him a free room and a bit of spending money. Basically he's a grown ass manchild who still depends on mommy to make it.




Do you like how you were raised?

No, my mom smoked crack and snorted coke for a number of years. Shit was fucked up. My pops dipped out early as fuck and barely came around for a long time. I lived through some shitty times.

Did they teach you values?

In a way, I learned what not to do in life by watching them. I just had nobody to teach me the right way to do things, I sort of figure shit out for myself.


Do you have negative tendencies learned through them?

A temper problem, and some self esteem issues. They were both abusive and I swore I'd never act like that as a parent.

Have you thought about life without them?

Yes. It wouldn't change much these days but I would have probably been sad as a kid.


Do you ask them for money?

They always ask me for money, if I say no they find a way to steal it somehow.

Were you disciplined a lot? How?

I was physically abused by both of them for years. After I got too big to be physically abused, my mom started playing little fucked up mental games with me. (my dad booted me in the back so I faceplanted once...because I didn't do my homework at the babysitters who was his gf and told me to just do it when I got home so I could play basketball with her son) My mom would lock the doors to the house, set the alarm and call the police on me, and then sit there and say all kinds of fucked up shit and I literally could do nothing about it.

Have you ever had a serious disagreement?

Plenty of times.