June 27, 2025 • 17 mins
In this heartfelt episode of The Angry Dad, we dive into the host's personal journey of breaking the cycle of financial struggle and emotional pressure. He reflects on his childhood, the responsibilities he shouldered at a young age, and how he has worked to provide a different, less stressful upbringing for his own children. Tune in to hear how creating healthy habits, maintaining open communication, and providing a stable environment has led to a happier and more comfortable family dynamic. Plus, get an exclusive offer for 20% off with Everyday Fit Life to help establish and maintain healthy habits. Don't miss this inspirational and insightful episode!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I was so concerned with making sure that they didn't
have to do what I had. Lever, Die Die die.
All right, this is the Angry Dad. Thank you guys
(00:21):
for tuning in. I appreciate it. And before we get
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to keep off those few pounds, because that's the biggest
thing too. We can all diet, but it's hard to
maintain and that's what this is designed for. To help
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and you can do this with Everyday Fit Life. Use
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appreciate it. As every Day Fit Life. Let's getting today's show,
you know, as we mindlessly scroll, you know, through the
all the reels and shorts and fucking tiktoks and all
that stuff. Something that came across me and it just
(01:29):
gave me one of those feelings and emotions that just
hit me deep. And what it was is it was
talking about why our kids aren't as responsible or doing
as much as we were doing when we were young.
You know, I had kids young, really young. You know
what I'm saying. As soon as I turned eighteen, you
(01:49):
know what I'm saying, I already had my first son.
Right before I was even eighteen, I was already having
my first son, you know what I'm saying. And I
have four kids, and you know, like I said, all
my kids young. You know what I'm saying, I'm forty two,
and that's just what it is. But the thing is is,
you know, even myself at a young age, I was
(02:10):
struggling to want to work. I was I was wanting
to make money, I was wanting my freedom, I was
wanting these things. Excuse me, that word just out of necessity,
you know what I'm saying, Like I didn't come you know,
Like I said, here's the funny thing too, It's like
(02:31):
you never feel like you're you know, low income. You
never feel like you're poor, you never feel like you
don't have because I had a real rich childhood of
great memories doing awesome things. But when you look back
to it's like, God, damn, we were struggling. I don't
know how my mom made it. I don't know how
she handled the pressure that she was going through when
these things were happening. Because this is real. This is reality,
(02:55):
all right. Because you know, I just remember, oh, I
need to make money so I can not get myself
out of this situation, but put myself in a better situation.
And putting yourself in that better situation. It's this mindset
of like I need to hurry up and grow up.
I need to do these things. Like I said, I
had a childhood, but I didn't have my twenties. I
(03:16):
didn't have these things because you know, I plunged myself
into work. I plunged myself into giving everything I had
to provide. You know what I'm saying, I wasn't that
great of a present dad when my kids were young.
But it's because I was so concerned with making sure
that they didn't have to do what I had to
do you know what I'm saying. I didn't want them
(03:38):
to struggle. I didn't want them to go without. I didn't.
That's one of those things, you know what I'm saying.
It's like you want to do something better than what
you had when you were a kid. You know what
I'm saying. We all strive to be like that. And
you know, like I said, my all my kids are older.
You know, say, my youngest son, you know, he just
turned thirteen, but you know, like, are you about to
(04:01):
turn fourteen? Actually? Shit? But uh, you know I don't.
I never want them to feel a certain way or
be a certain way. You know, one of my younger sons,
he's in nineteen, getting ready to turn twenty, and you know,
he's not in a rush to jump into the workforce.
He's not in a rush, you know what I'm saying.
(04:21):
And you know, he still feels like a child to me.
You know, all our kids a certain kind of way.
We just you know, we treat them a certain way
because that's how we feel. And all my kids are growing,
you know what I'm saying. But the thing is is
they're not in a rush to grow. And one thing
that post was talking about was when you've broken the
(04:44):
cycle of what life is because you know, like low income,
low income, and then you know, like, now you know,
I'm in a better position in my life. It's not
that much better, but it's a lot better. You know
what I'm saying, I'm not hurting the way I used
to hurt. But the thing is is now my kids
aren't living like that. They're not rushing to live their life.
(05:05):
They're not rushing to be free of what the house is.
You know what I'm saying. They don't feel confined. And
the thing is is it's talking about you breaking that cycle,
that cycle of that mindset of like I need to
be not successful, but I need to get out of
this situation, you know what I'm saying. Because of a
lot of us, you know, much older people in my
(05:26):
age group. You know, you think back like, ah, man,
if I could just you know, get some money, get
my own place, and you know, obviously all people want
to do that. But the thing is is I felt
really rush to do it, you know what I'm saying, Like,
you know, my mom never told me when I was
eighteen I needed to leave the house, but that's how
(05:47):
I felt like I needed to be on my way.
I needed to not be a burden onto my family,
you know what I'm saying. And it might sound weird
like that, but like I said, there's a lot of
struggling that's happening when we were growing up, and you know,
it's it's subconscious. You don't see it, but you feel it,
you know. And now that I look back at it's like, oh, okay,
(06:07):
you know, like my me trail brazing and really trying
to take care of myself when I was younger, I
see that that helped my mom by she didn't have
to work as hard. You know what I'm saying. She
always had two to three jobs at a time, because
you know what I'm saying, she's trying to support an
entire family. You know what I'm saying. She had four
kids and you know, my grandmother and my uncle, Like
(06:28):
there was a lot, there was a lot on her shoulders,
and she fucking buried it. And so, like like I said,
she never told me I needed to leave, but I
felt it, you know what I'm saying. It's like and
not just felt it, but like I just needed to
be able to support myself, which I did. But that's
the thing is like, like my kids don't feel like that.
(06:51):
My kids don't feel like they need to, you know,
take off. You know what I'm saying. They're comfortable, we're happy,
we're laughing, we're enjoying our lives. You know what I'm saying.
I still like to think of them as children because
you know, you know, three of my kids are over eighteen.
And it's one of those things, you know what I'm saying,
Like they're living their life, but there's no pressure from
(07:15):
my end, you know what I'm saying. Of Course I
want them to be successful. Of course I want them
to venture out. Of course I want them to be responsible.
Of course I want them to, you know, live their
life to the fullest. But the thing is is there's
no pressure on my back end of like I need
you to leave, I need you to not be a
drain or a struggle or like this financial obligation. You
(07:36):
know what I'm saying, Because that's not the situation anymore.
That's not the mindset and the families, And like I said,
I'm just speaking out loud because that's how a lot
of us grew up. You know what I'm saying, Like
we don't have much because they have to take care
of us, and they're you know, our family. Of course,
our family, our moms or dads. They love us. But
(07:57):
it's how things were then. You know what I'm saying.
Things are a lot different now, you know what I'm saying.
A lot of a lot of times, like there's a
lot more open communication, there's a lot more talking, there's
a lot more understanding of like what things are, you know,
and like it made me happy to think, like, oh,
(08:17):
I'm not doing that to my kids subconsciously, like I said,
we're not hurting, we're not struggling, We're not like, you know,
I need to, you know, making my kids feel like
they need to leave, they need to get out of
the house, they need to do something with themselves now.
And so they don't feel like they're a burden now,
you know what I'm saying, because that's how I felt.
(08:39):
I always felt like I was a burden. I always
felt like I was just what's called But you know,
when you're under eighteen and you can't get a job
and you can't do this, you can't do that, you
know what I'm saying, there's a lot of restrictions there.
So I always had this underlying need if I need
to leave, you know what I'm saying, I need to
be on my own. I need to be a man,
you know what I'm saying, I need to be this
(09:00):
productive person in the world. And like course my kids
feel like they want and needed to do those things.
But the thing is is it's just not that overwhelming
pressure of life, that overwhelming pressure of like I expect you.
You know what I'm saying that that's the that's the
like the thought in my head about this is that
(09:22):
it's because you know, it's it's so crazy because like
I said, it makes me happy to think and to
know and to not just even acknowledge that now. You
know what I'm saying that like they can always be here,
but when they're ready to go is when they're ready
to go, when they're ready to live their lives, will
live their lives. You know what I'm saying. There's there's
(09:43):
no pressure coming from us as a family unit of like,
oh you need to be doing this, you know you see.
Like I said, I don't know if I'm getting this
point across. But the thing is is, like I said,
it's like one of those things that are being broken
that cycle. You know what I'm saying, because like when
my kids have kids, I want them to be able
to do the exact same thing that we're doing now.
(10:06):
You know what I'm saying, Where they're loving, they're nurturing.
You stay here as long as you need to stay
here until you're ready. You know what I'm saying. There's
no pressure to fucking you know, dive headfirst into something
that's unknown, uncertain, un you know what I'm saying, Because
there's a lot of us out there that shit, somehow
we got an apartment. Shit, somehow we had to work,
(10:29):
you know, eighty hours a week and fucking eat top
Ramen and fucking struggle to fucking make it from check
to check and you know, barely fucking survive. You know
what I'm saying. That fucking sucks. All Right. There's a
lot of moments in times where like I'm really hungry,
but you know, rent's got to get paid, insurance has
(10:50):
got to get paid, gas has got to go in
the car, you know what I'm saying. And when you're
eighteen and trying and on your own, trying to figure
it the fuck out, you know what I'm saying, that's
a fucking struggle. And then if you got kids on
top of that, it's even more of a struggle because
it's not just yourself, it's it's other people. It's other
people that have no control over the situation because you're
(11:10):
the one in the situation. You know what I'm saying.
There's a lot of things that go back and forth
through this. You know, there's a lot of consideration in life,
you know, and and it's it makes me very happy
to understand and get it and to see it, you
know what I'm saying, just because, like I said, I'm
acknowledging That's the whole point of this episode today, is
I'm acknowledging that that feeling of happiness that I'm getting
(11:33):
from this is because that's how they feel. I can
see it. We don't have to talk about it, we
don't have to bring it up, we don't have to
fucking mention it. But the thing is is like that
makes me happy internally. It makes me this warm feeling
of like, oh, my kids don't feel this pressure from
the world that I used to have on my shoulders,
(11:54):
of like this is what this is, this is what's happening. Yeah, damn,
this is you know, it's a feeling, an emotion, you
know what I'm saying, Because a lot of us and
I know a lot of friends, when you turn eighteen,
you better have your shit together and get the fuck
out you either going to the military or fucking whatever.
You see what I'm saying, Like, there's a lot of
people out there that that's the story of their life.
Like they're obviously they have this deadline in their life
(12:16):
that is looming over their head when they turn eighteen.
You know what I'm saying. It's not the same story
for everybody. The situations are always different. There's different scenarios
and all that stuff. But the thing is is like
it's just one of those things that you heard you
talk people said, you know what I'm saying, And that's
not the reality that I ever lived in. But like
(12:38):
I said, I understand the the line that was there.
You know, I could see the struggle as I got older,
I could I could see the fucking the work my
mom had to put in to take care of an
entire family on her own. You know what I'm saying.
She fucking literally supported an entire family by herself, working
(12:59):
all the time, you know, And shit, I was a
shit kid, you know what I'm saying. But as I
got older and as I was getting ready to have
a kid, I was like, oh my god, I can't
believe I did that to my mom. But the thing
is is like I didn't want to be that burden
on her, So you know, I had to trail blaze
and fucking do my own fucking thing. You know, it
(13:21):
might not have been the right thing, but it was
my own fucking thing. But I did it my way,
learned the hard way, went through those trials and tribulations,
and now I get to pass on to my kids
that they don't have to go through those trials and tribulations.
They can take a much easier path in life that
is not going to be full of all those trials
(13:42):
and tribulations. You know what I'm saying. That they can
dip the toes in there in the water when they're ready,
and they can dive all the way in when they're ready,
because I'm not putting this pressure on them to fucking
you know, jump out there. What I'm saying, they can
ease into their life. And that's the best fucking part,
(14:04):
because guess what, they can be kids. You know what
I'm saying, they had, you know, not the best childhood,
but they had I thought, pretty decent childhood. And now
that they're eighteen and over and in their twenties, guess what,
they can enjoy those times. They can enjoy those moments.
They can fucking you know, have a little bit of
(14:25):
that freedom. Of course, I want them to have that
responsibility of life, but it's not that fast of a rush,
and it's just something I can sit back and laugh
and look at and be like, God, damn, I fucking
we did that, you know what I'm saying. Me and
my wife, fucking you know, was able to set a
(14:46):
different precidice, a different change, a different angle, you know
what I'm saying, a different path for the kids. And
because we set that path up, I feel that they're
gonna be a lot better in life, you know what
I'm saying. Like I said, this is just a little
bit of a reflection of my feelings and my emotions
of this, you know what I'm saying. It's like one
(15:07):
of those proud moments I had, you know what I'm saying.
I was just kind of strolling and that popped up
and they were just like, you know, you know, when
you change the cycle and you break that that that
thing in life that was looming overhead, and it's no
longer on the responsibilities of these kids because now they're
(15:27):
forced into into reality. I guess what. They're not forcing
into reality, but they're live in the reality and they're
not being pushed by reality because they're creating their reality.
And it's just, like I said, it's just just something
that that I really took a deep sigh and was like, Oh,
(15:49):
I did that. We did that, We made that fucking happen.
It makes me fucking happy, you know what I'm saying,
Like I've had to go through a lot of stuff
in my life because you know, I didn't know what
a hell the relationship was. I didn't know what a
stable family was because I've always had this hectic things happening,
you know what I'm saying, Like, you know, I just
(16:10):
always had chaos. And now that there's no no longer chaos,
it's like it's like a whole noother level of relationship
and respect and a whole nother aspect of my life.
That is something that I'm growing into enjoying, you know,
Like I said, it's just it's so crazy. Like I said,
I'm you know, I'm up there in age, but at
(16:31):
the same fucking time, it's like you're still growing, still learning,
you're still going through these things. And because you're going
through these things, because you're learning these things, and just
having these moments of clarity where it's like, I realize
this makes me fucking happy, and I fucking appreciate it.
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I was so concerned with making sure that they didn't
have to do what I had. Lever, Die Die die.
All right, this is the Angry Dad. Thank you guys
(00:21):
for tuning in. I appreciate it. And before we get
in today's podcast, just like throw a few things every
Day Fit Life if you're looking to help step up
your nutrition, and this is not a diet plan. This
is something that helps you set up habits, develop the habits,
understanding what you need to do to set yourself up
for success and weight loss, muscle gain, tightening up the body,
(00:46):
you know, shaving off a few pounds and being able
to keep off those few pounds, because that's the biggest
thing too. We can all diet, but it's hard to
maintain and that's what this is designed for. To help
you to maintain the weight so you you can control it.
And if you need thirty days of help, sixty days
of help, ninety days of help. There are different levels
of what you can do to really establish these habits,
(01:09):
and you can do this with Everyday Fit Life. Use
the link in my notes get twenty percent off. I
appreciate it. As every Day Fit Life. Let's getting today's show,
you know, as we mindlessly scroll, you know, through the
all the reels and shorts and fucking tiktoks and all
that stuff. Something that came across me and it just
(01:29):
gave me one of those feelings and emotions that just
hit me deep. And what it was is it was
talking about why our kids aren't as responsible or doing
as much as we were doing when we were young.
You know, I had kids young, really young. You know
what I'm saying. As soon as I turned eighteen, you
(01:49):
know what I'm saying, I already had my first son.
Right before I was even eighteen, I was already having
my first son, you know what I'm saying. And I
have four kids, and you know, like I said, all
my kids young. You know what I'm saying, I'm forty two,
and that's just what it is. But the thing is is,
you know, even myself at a young age, I was
(02:10):
struggling to want to work. I was I was wanting
to make money, I was wanting my freedom, I was
wanting these things. Excuse me, that word just out of necessity,
you know what I'm saying, Like I didn't come you know,
Like I said, here's the funny thing too, It's like
(02:31):
you never feel like you're you know, low income. You
never feel like you're poor, you never feel like you
don't have because I had a real rich childhood of
great memories doing awesome things. But when you look back
to it's like, God, damn, we were struggling. I don't
know how my mom made it. I don't know how
she handled the pressure that she was going through when
these things were happening. Because this is real. This is reality,
(02:55):
all right. Because you know, I just remember, oh, I
need to make money so I can not get myself
out of this situation, but put myself in a better situation.
And putting yourself in that better situation. It's this mindset
of like I need to hurry up and grow up.
I need to do these things. Like I said, I
had a childhood, but I didn't have my twenties. I
(03:16):
didn't have these things because you know, I plunged myself
into work. I plunged myself into giving everything I had
to provide. You know what I'm saying, I wasn't that
great of a present dad when my kids were young.
But it's because I was so concerned with making sure
that they didn't have to do what I had to
do you know what I'm saying. I didn't want them
(03:38):
to struggle. I didn't want them to go without. I didn't.
That's one of those things, you know what I'm saying.
It's like you want to do something better than what
you had when you were a kid. You know what
I'm saying. We all strive to be like that. And
you know, like I said, my all my kids are older.
You know, say, my youngest son, you know, he just
turned thirteen, but you know, like, are you about to
(04:01):
turn fourteen? Actually? Shit? But uh, you know I don't.
I never want them to feel a certain way or
be a certain way. You know, one of my younger sons,
he's in nineteen, getting ready to turn twenty, and you know,
he's not in a rush to jump into the workforce.
He's not in a rush, you know what I'm saying.
(04:21):
And you know, he still feels like a child to me.
You know, all our kids a certain kind of way.
We just you know, we treat them a certain way
because that's how we feel. And all my kids are growing,
you know what I'm saying. But the thing is is
they're not in a rush to grow. And one thing
that post was talking about was when you've broken the
(04:44):
cycle of what life is because you know, like low income,
low income, and then you know, like, now you know,
I'm in a better position in my life. It's not
that much better, but it's a lot better. You know
what I'm saying, I'm not hurting the way I used
to hurt. But the thing is is now my kids
aren't living like that. They're not rushing to live their life.
(05:05):
They're not rushing to be free of what the house is.
You know what I'm saying. They don't feel confined. And
the thing is is it's talking about you breaking that cycle,
that cycle of that mindset of like I need to
be not successful, but I need to get out of
this situation, you know what I'm saying. Because of a
lot of us, you know, much older people in my
(05:26):
age group. You know, you think back like, ah, man,
if I could just you know, get some money, get
my own place, and you know, obviously all people want
to do that. But the thing is is I felt
really rush to do it, you know what I'm saying, Like,
you know, my mom never told me when I was
eighteen I needed to leave the house, but that's how
(05:47):
I felt like I needed to be on my way.
I needed to not be a burden onto my family,
you know what I'm saying. And it might sound weird
like that, but like I said, there's a lot of
struggling that's happening when we were growing up, and you know,
it's it's subconscious. You don't see it, but you feel it,
you know. And now that I look back at it's like, oh, okay,
(06:07):
you know, like my me trail brazing and really trying
to take care of myself when I was younger, I
see that that helped my mom by she didn't have
to work as hard. You know what I'm saying. She
always had two to three jobs at a time, because
you know what I'm saying, she's trying to support an
entire family. You know what I'm saying. She had four
kids and you know, my grandmother and my uncle, Like
(06:28):
there was a lot, there was a lot on her shoulders,
and she fucking buried it. And so, like like I said,
she never told me I needed to leave, but I
felt it, you know what I'm saying. It's like and
not just felt it, but like I just needed to
be able to support myself, which I did. But that's
the thing is like, like my kids don't feel like that.
(06:51):
My kids don't feel like they need to, you know,
take off. You know what I'm saying. They're comfortable, we're happy,
we're laughing, we're enjoying our lives. You know what I'm saying.
I still like to think of them as children because
you know, you know, three of my kids are over eighteen.
And it's one of those things, you know what I'm saying,
Like they're living their life, but there's no pressure from
(07:15):
my end, you know what I'm saying. Of Course I
want them to be successful. Of course I want them
to venture out. Of course I want them to be responsible.
Of course I want them to, you know, live their
life to the fullest. But the thing is is there's
no pressure on my back end of like I need
you to leave, I need you to not be a
drain or a struggle or like this financial obligation. You
(07:36):
know what I'm saying, Because that's not the situation anymore.
That's not the mindset and the families, And like I said,
I'm just speaking out loud because that's how a lot
of us grew up. You know what I'm saying, Like
we don't have much because they have to take care
of us, and they're you know, our family. Of course,
our family, our moms or dads. They love us. But
(07:57):
it's how things were then. You know what I'm saying.
Things are a lot different now, you know what I'm saying.
A lot of a lot of times, like there's a
lot more open communication, there's a lot more talking, there's
a lot more understanding of like what things are, you know,
and like it made me happy to think, like, oh,
(08:17):
I'm not doing that to my kids subconsciously, like I said,
we're not hurting, we're not struggling, We're not like, you know,
I need to, you know, making my kids feel like
they need to leave, they need to get out of
the house, they need to do something with themselves now.
And so they don't feel like they're a burden now,
you know what I'm saying, because that's how I felt.
(08:39):
I always felt like I was a burden. I always
felt like I was just what's called But you know,
when you're under eighteen and you can't get a job
and you can't do this, you can't do that, you
know what I'm saying, there's a lot of restrictions there.
So I always had this underlying need if I need
to leave, you know what I'm saying, I need to
be on my own. I need to be a man,
you know what I'm saying, I need to be this
(09:00):
productive person in the world. And like course my kids
feel like they want and needed to do those things.
But the thing is is it's just not that overwhelming
pressure of life, that overwhelming pressure of like I expect you.
You know what I'm saying that that's the that's the
like the thought in my head about this is that
(09:22):
it's because you know, it's it's so crazy because like
I said, it makes me happy to think and to
know and to not just even acknowledge that now. You
know what I'm saying that like they can always be here,
but when they're ready to go is when they're ready
to go, when they're ready to live their lives, will
live their lives. You know what I'm saying. There's there's
(09:43):
no pressure coming from us as a family unit of like,
oh you need to be doing this, you know you see.
Like I said, I don't know if I'm getting this
point across. But the thing is is, like I said,
it's like one of those things that are being broken
that cycle. You know what I'm saying, because like when
my kids have kids, I want them to be able
to do the exact same thing that we're doing now.
(10:06):
You know what I'm saying, Where they're loving, they're nurturing.
You stay here as long as you need to stay
here until you're ready. You know what I'm saying. There's
no pressure to fucking you know, dive headfirst into something
that's unknown, uncertain, un you know what I'm saying, Because
there's a lot of us out there that shit, somehow
we got an apartment. Shit, somehow we had to work,
(10:29):
you know, eighty hours a week and fucking eat top
Ramen and fucking struggle to fucking make it from check
to check and you know, barely fucking survive. You know
what I'm saying. That fucking sucks. All Right. There's a
lot of moments in times where like I'm really hungry,
but you know, rent's got to get paid, insurance has
(10:50):
got to get paid, gas has got to go in
the car, you know what I'm saying. And when you're
eighteen and trying and on your own, trying to figure
it the fuck out, you know what I'm saying, that's
a fucking struggle. And then if you got kids on
top of that, it's even more of a struggle because
it's not just yourself, it's it's other people. It's other
people that have no control over the situation because you're
(11:10):
the one in the situation. You know what I'm saying.
There's a lot of things that go back and forth
through this. You know, there's a lot of consideration in life,
you know, and and it's it makes me very happy
to understand and get it and to see it, you
know what I'm saying, just because, like I said, I'm
acknowledging That's the whole point of this episode today, is
I'm acknowledging that that feeling of happiness that I'm getting
(11:33):
from this is because that's how they feel. I can
see it. We don't have to talk about it, we
don't have to bring it up, we don't have to
fucking mention it. But the thing is is like that
makes me happy internally. It makes me this warm feeling
of like, oh, my kids don't feel this pressure from
the world that I used to have on my shoulders,
(11:54):
of like this is what this is, this is what's happening. Yeah, damn,
this is you know, it's a feeling, an emotion, you
know what I'm saying, Because a lot of us and
I know a lot of friends, when you turn eighteen,
you better have your shit together and get the fuck
out you either going to the military or fucking whatever.
You see what I'm saying, Like, there's a lot of
people out there that that's the story of their life.
Like they're obviously they have this deadline in their life
(12:16):
that is looming over their head when they turn eighteen.
You know what I'm saying. It's not the same story
for everybody. The situations are always different. There's different scenarios
and all that stuff. But the thing is is like
it's just one of those things that you heard you
talk people said, you know what I'm saying, And that's
not the reality that I ever lived in. But like
(12:38):
I said, I understand the the line that was there.
You know, I could see the struggle as I got older,
I could I could see the fucking the work my
mom had to put in to take care of an
entire family on her own. You know what I'm saying.
She fucking literally supported an entire family by herself, working
(12:59):
all the time, you know, And shit, I was a
shit kid, you know what I'm saying. But as I
got older and as I was getting ready to have
a kid, I was like, oh my god, I can't
believe I did that to my mom. But the thing
is is like I didn't want to be that burden
on her, So you know, I had to trail blaze
and fucking do my own fucking thing. You know, it
(13:21):
might not have been the right thing, but it was
my own fucking thing. But I did it my way,
learned the hard way, went through those trials and tribulations,
and now I get to pass on to my kids
that they don't have to go through those trials and tribulations.
They can take a much easier path in life that
is not going to be full of all those trials
(13:42):
and tribulations. You know what I'm saying. That they can
dip the toes in there in the water when they're ready,
and they can dive all the way in when they're ready,
because I'm not putting this pressure on them to fucking
you know, jump out there. What I'm saying, they can
ease into their life. And that's the best fucking part,
(14:04):
because guess what, they can be kids. You know what
I'm saying, they had, you know, not the best childhood,
but they had I thought, pretty decent childhood. And now
that they're eighteen and over and in their twenties, guess what,
they can enjoy those times. They can enjoy those moments.
They can fucking you know, have a little bit of
(14:25):
that freedom. Of course, I want them to have that
responsibility of life, but it's not that fast of a rush,
and it's just something I can sit back and laugh
and look at and be like, God, damn, I fucking
we did that, you know what I'm saying. Me and
my wife, fucking you know, was able to set a
(14:46):
different precidice, a different change, a different angle, you know
what I'm saying, a different path for the kids. And
because we set that path up, I feel that they're
gonna be a lot better in life, you know what
I'm saying. Like I said, this is just a little
bit of a reflection of my feelings and my emotions
of this, you know what I'm saying. It's like one
(15:07):
of those proud moments I had, you know what I'm saying.
I was just kind of strolling and that popped up
and they were just like, you know, you know, when
you change the cycle and you break that that that
thing in life that was looming overhead, and it's no
longer on the responsibilities of these kids because now they're
(15:27):
forced into into reality. I guess what. They're not forcing
into reality, but they're live in the reality and they're
not being pushed by reality because they're creating their reality.
And it's just, like I said, it's just just something
that that I really took a deep sigh and was like, Oh,
(15:49):
I did that. We did that, We made that fucking happen.
It makes me fucking happy, you know what I'm saying,
Like I've had to go through a lot of stuff
in my life because you know, I didn't know what
a hell the relationship was. I didn't know what a
stable family was because I've always had this hectic things happening,
you know what I'm saying, Like, you know, I just
(16:10):
always had chaos. And now that there's no no longer chaos,
it's like it's like a whole noother level of relationship
and respect and a whole nother aspect of my life.
That is something that I'm growing into enjoying, you know,
Like I said, it's just it's so crazy. Like I said,
I'm you know, I'm up there in age, but at
(16:31):
the same fucking time, it's like you're still growing, still learning,
you're still going through these things. And because you're going
through these things, because you're learning these things, and just
having these moments of clarity where it's like, I realize
this makes me fucking happy, and I fucking appreciate it.
So guess the fuck what this is? The angry motherfucking dad.
(16:52):
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