by clownpiece » Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:09 am
(Background: 7-8 months ago dad lost his job and refused to get another one. Continued his expensive-ass hobby in the meantime while we were coasting on savings.)
My dad is such a colossal piece of garbage. Right now, we're completely broke. We (Clarification: everyone but him) have given up nice luxuries like going out for lunch, watching movies, buying video games or snacks or any non-essential whatsoever. But HE deserves smokes, and vape juice, and wasting gas sitting out in his truck with the heat on for hours at a time, and going to hockey games, and sodas, and out of town trips, and... whatever he wants. We're not allowed any of those things though, because then he'd have to spend his money on us like we're his family or something dumb like that.
On the ride home from work, he told me he didn't have the money for supper. I walk in the house (He stayed behind in his truck) and what do I see on his computer? An Amazon invoice for a new hard drive. How much did it cost? $230. TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS! 2-3-0!!!!!! We've already had our fucking gas shut off once already. We're behind on bills. He still refuses to get a fucking job. He says he'd applied to "so many different places" but that's a lie. There's an opening at a company downtown that he's qualified for and pays well, but some old co-workers of his from another company he got fired from works there and it'd be "embarrassing" for him. Beggars can't be choosers, you whiny bitch. Plus, he wouldn't be able to dump all of his shifts on others so he can piss off early for hockey games 4+ times a week.
He borrows money from one of my older sisters who no longer lives with us. She requested that he send her copies of the bills so she knew exactly how much to pay. Reasonable request, right? No. He got pissed off and yelled at her! (Well, it was over text, so he wasn't really yelling at her) Apparently it's "micromanaging our finances" and "it's not going to work" and he blamed US (Clarification: everyone but him) for the situation we're in because we didn't get jobs years ago, as if it's our fault that he's a shit employee who got fired twice and we should always be a safety net for him so he wouldn't have to worry about it. It's not that it's "micromanaging our finances", it's that if my sister pays the bills he won't be able to blow her money on his personal luxuries while his wife and two daughters struggle. >.>
Now that my mom, who has pretty bad back problems, my other sister (also has back problems) and me have (minimum wage) jobs, he's just going to continue sitting on his ass and let us do all the breadwinning. He's not going to get a job. Ever. Even if his expensive-ass hobby costs us a fortune. (Editing & filming for the stupid fucking hockey team. God, I hate hockey so much.) He spent over 20 grand on filming equipment, and doesn't demand even a single cent for the time and work he's put in. The team's building burnt down a year ago, actually. A bunch of his equipment was lost. Didn't even ask for compensation, just immediately went out and bought more out-of-pocket.
...And he's kind of a scumbag in general. Just not a pleasant person to be around at all.
Oh, and to top it all off he's cheating on my mom (And his mistress is a gold-digging whore. I don't use the word 'whore' lightly). She knows it, I know it, everyone knows it. He doesn't bother to hide it. He's called his mistress INSIDE THE HOUSE multiple times. And he has a loud voice and terrible hearing. So he's basically yelling and the phone volume is at max. You can hear it from across the house.