So I get back from a 70 mile organized bike ride for diabetes today, mind you I’m only seventeen, and what am I welcomed to? My mother is practically apathetic to my exaustion, my brother chooses to go skateboarding instead of welcome me at the finishline, and when I get home and ask for a heating pad, she says ”wait 10 minutes.” I call her an asshole, she throws a five pound SAT book at me. So now not only am I sunburned, exausted, sore and now bruised, I have the loving welcoming support of my family to make me feel better. Strangers treat me better.
—I hate my life.
This article appears in May 28 – Jun 3, 2009.
you can ride 70 miles but you can’t get your own heating pad? WTF
Oh big deal, so you went on a bike ride and want people to bend over backwards for you? Get over yourself.
You’re legs get stiff when you stop moving them, you clearly havn’t done extended periods of exercise before.
Anyways Kid, don’t let it get you down, you did an awesome thing for people with diabetes today, and lots of families suck. But you also have to realize that as much as you don’t see it you’re fam is prob going through something and as much as we all want praise and acknowledgment from our families sometimes we just have to realize its not going to happen.
Keep on going!
All my family is out of the country and hasn’t been around for years, it sucks and I know how it feels.
If you only take part in good causes to get recognition, you are missing the point completely.
It’s not about you, penis-breath.
I’m guessing your family is too caught up in it’s own agenda to give you the attention you crave. You got off easy with the SAT book / calling the woman who gave you life an asshole thingy.
It’s called being 17, loser. One day you will grow up and realize life doesn’t revolve around you.
5 lb SAT book…ROFLM(f’n)AO!!!! I applaud your mother (our society needs more mothers like this) and you are lucky it wasn’t a cast iron frying pan. Guess what Mr 17 year old, it’s called life, it sucks and it’s hard as hell sometimes. You’re a man now, it’s time to fucking grow a pair and shut the fuck up. Mommy can’t coddle you forever.
I must digress, sorry, those words were too harsh…do you want your soother and blankie now…..
To expect your family to get behind and support you in difficult endeavors, especially causes greater than yourself or even them, is not unreasonable. Your Mom’s an asshole but your brother is just plain young. He’ll grow up some day but your mom won’t change. Only you will change to put up with her shit better as you get older… or not. Good luck.
Okay, I’m getting on the bandwagon:
Kay, you suck.
You expected your family to stop their lives and slave to your every need because of something YOU chose to do. Although it is a very worthy cause, you need to gain some respect for your mother who asked you to “wait ten minutes” for something. If my kid called me an asshole ooohhh buddy…that bike that you rode today..you know, the one that your FAMILY i.e mother or father probably bought for you ( I really doubt you bought it with your own hard earned cash) guess what hun. It would be gone.
WTF? Moooooooooooooooooooo… onion flavored cattle, oh joy!
how does “a little support” translate into “serve your every need”? Mom should have been there at the finish line. You bitches are so fucked.
Shit, my kid be getting no support from me with that kinda attitude.
putting the cart before the horse, aren’t you Angel?
I think the accomplishment of this kid is completely offset by his sucky attitude. Sure, he has reason to be upset that his family isn’t showing much support, but his “mom’s an asshole” comment reveals his douchebagery. 10 minutes is not that long to wait for attention, especially if Mom is busy doing something else (like cooking for the ingrate or doing his laundry). This doesn’t sound like a particularly close or well adjusted family and it sounds like they all need to start showing each other a little more respect.
We’ll be right back to the Dr.Phil show after this message from Kay:
You deserved to have the book thrown at you. You don’t call your mom an asshole, I would beat your ass too if you were my kid. Just because she wasn’t at the finish line doesn’t mean she isn’t supporting you. I bet she bought the bike you used to ride those 70 miles? Get your own heating pad,go to your room and next time treat your mom with a little more respect.
I don’t know whether this kid’s mom deserved to be called an asshole, it’s likely she had other things she was doing. However, I do know that sometimes when you do something nice for others, and hope to be acknowledged for it, or just come home with a feeling of pride and accomplishment, it makes others around you feel guilty for not doing nice things, or for wasting their day in front of the tv, or whatever. The proper response for them would be to share in your accomplishment, but instead they try to belittle what you’ve done, to make themselves feel less guilty.
It’s a human defensive behaviour, especially with competitive family members, all you can really do to lessen it, is to wait a long time before mentioning your achievement, so they’ve gotten over their own guilt, or bring it up in front of their friends, which might force them into acknowledging it properly.
Don’t call your mother an asshole at any age, OP and Kay. Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.
Anybody who calls their mother an asshole deserves a 20lbs. paper weight thrown at them, nevermind a 5lbs. book.
If you were my kid, I would have backhanded your mouthy, teenage ass. Then I’d do the same to kay.
I agree with your actions. I too come from parents/sibling/family like that. I left my ungreatful family members a while ago and moved to Toronto. Now a VP in advertising and it’s them trying to suck up now. Life is too short to return their calls. In this life you’ll know right away who is truly behind you. No blood is thicker then water in my book.
Remember that when you’re alone and nobody thinks to call you and ask how you’re doing.
I don’t suppose it occurred to the OP that while his mother may not have just returned from a 70 k bike ride, she too may have been exhausted. Doing stuff to help causes is great and all, but if you treat your own family like a slave, obviously you’re not that great of a person.
I would have pitched a microwave at you, kid. Your mother isn’t your fucking personal slave – if you’re old enough to run 70 km, then get up off your young, springy ass and fetch your own shit, ya whining little knob.
I think this may be a 17 year old female who’s among the “regulars” at LTWWB.
Exactly Mole Rat and TTFN. Beisan, having to wait for ten minutes for action to be taken on one of your demand’s isn’t ungrateful. I’m with what NGF threw your way.
The OP’s a brat who’s used to getting things his way. Forget the microwave, the imbecile’s getting a one way ticket to Magnitogorsk.
Say, why not keep a record of all the disfunctional shit going on in your family, and then write some funny books about it later on. It worked for David Sedaris!
lol….i would have thrown something larger at you. maybe a chair?
When I was 17 I was looking after my sick sister and working nights to help mom pay rent because dad was too drunk to hold down a job for over a month. You’re fucking lucky.
And don’t disrespect you mother you little shit.
Sounds like a bad end to a great day. Good work on the bike ride but you shouldn’t call your mom an asshole. (Douche bag or bitch would be more fitting I think.)
But seriously. She’s your mom. Cut her some slack. I know my mom busted her ass her whole life, just herself with two boys and…well… offer her a heating pad once in a while. She deserves it too.
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Fuck off, elenizelios. You never actually encountered the person and cut your bullshit. You wouldn’t dare attempt to attack or fuck with the OP for this.
I hope you do find out which house is theirs, try some shit, and get a boot in the ass for being such a dumbski.
Now I wish I were the OP just to dare you to wander into my yard with your bad self.
Posted by Nice Goin’ Fat on May 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM
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Persoanl Attack #11 Back to Kay. Another physical threat. These are illegal posts to make in Canada.
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Don’t call your mother an asshole at any age, OP and Kay. Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.
Anybody who calls their mother an asshole deserves a 20lbs. paper weight thrown at them, nevermind a 5lbs. book.
If you were my kid, I would have backhanded your mouthy, teenage ass. Then I’d do the same to kay.
Posted by Nice Goin’ Fat on June 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM
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CORRECTION:
Personal Attack #11. – Back to Kay. Another physical threat. These are illegal posts to make in Canada.
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Remember that when you’re alone and nobody thinks to call you and ask how you’re doing.
Posted by Nice Goin’ Fat on June 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM
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Not an attack but another example of his projection patterns.