My dad recently told me that he wasn’t laid off from his job. He just stopped going to work because his ex’s dad was working the same shift as him. Instead of asking for a transfer or talking to a supervisor, he just stopped showing up.
We lost our home back in ’05 or ’07—I was 10 or 11 years old at the time—and he told me back then that he was laid off. I only found out the truth recently. I’m 28 now, and I’ve lost almost all respect for him after learning this.
Story 5:
My maternal grandmother was married to a widower who had four children from his previous marriage. She made him give up his kids before she married him. I guess she didn’t want to take care of his children.
She became pregnant with my mother, and when my mother was about five years old, her parents (my grandparents) got divorced. He just couldn’t live with my cold-hearted grandmother any longer. My mother didn’t tell me that—I found out by coincidence that I had four uncles.
Story 6:
