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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 701077" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>As my mother used to say, "Do as I say, not as I do." I hated that. lol</p><p></p><p>Every single one of you is right. Heck, I got the same words of wisdom from last week's "Lucifer" (awesome show by the way) that we recorded and watched last night. "Doing the best thing for your child doesn't always make them happy." I KNOW that he went with $700, which should have been enough for a ratty hotel and food for at least a week and a half to two weeks, and blew it in the first four days. I KNOW that he blew it mostly on pot. I KNOW that he can figure this out on his own. (Though saying so really ticked him off. <em> "Stop saying I can figure it out when I've been trying to get the money for 3 days so apparently I CAN'T!"</em>) I also know that at least some of the $20 was for cigarettes and he didn't need that much for gas, since he lowered the $20 to $10 or $15 when he was talking about trying to get $ himself. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>So why do I feel so crappy for telling him no? Why do I feel like a bad person? It was only $20. Hell, I've dropped that on lunch out with coworkers. I guess, because it seems like such a small thing until you don't have it...a thing I'd have done anytime in the past. I think I feel bad because I did offer the bus ticket, and his response was, <em>"WTH do you think I'm gonna do? STEAL the $20 and NOT use it for gas money?" </em>I think that actually did hurt his feelings, which isn't the point of course. </p><p></p><p>Maybe it's because I thought he was doing okay? Homeless, but at least happy, and now I wonder if he was lying about the doing okay part... <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/sigh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sigh:" title="sigh :sigh:" data-shortname=":sigh:" /> He was talking about selling plasma - he's <em>terrified</em> of needles. So that speaks to being pretty desperate. </p><p></p><p>All I can say is, yes, it was probably the right thing, saying no. </p><p></p><p>That really doesn't make me feel any better about doing it. </p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/imok.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":imok:" title="I'm ok :imok:" data-shortname=":imok:" />I'll feel better eventually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 701077, member: 17309"] As my mother used to say, "Do as I say, not as I do." I hated that. lol Every single one of you is right. Heck, I got the same words of wisdom from last week's "Lucifer" (awesome show by the way) that we recorded and watched last night. "Doing the best thing for your child doesn't always make them happy." I KNOW that he went with $700, which should have been enough for a ratty hotel and food for at least a week and a half to two weeks, and blew it in the first four days. I KNOW that he blew it mostly on pot. I KNOW that he can figure this out on his own. (Though saying so really ticked him off. [I] "Stop saying I can figure it out when I've been trying to get the money for 3 days so apparently I CAN'T!"[/I]) I also know that at least some of the $20 was for cigarettes and he didn't need that much for gas, since he lowered the $20 to $10 or $15 when he was talking about trying to get $ himself. :( So why do I feel so crappy for telling him no? Why do I feel like a bad person? It was only $20. Hell, I've dropped that on lunch out with coworkers. I guess, because it seems like such a small thing until you don't have it...a thing I'd have done anytime in the past. I think I feel bad because I did offer the bus ticket, and his response was, [I]"WTH do you think I'm gonna do? STEAL the $20 and NOT use it for gas money?" [/I]I think that actually did hurt his feelings, which isn't the point of course. Maybe it's because I thought he was doing okay? Homeless, but at least happy, and now I wonder if he was lying about the doing okay part... :sigh: He was talking about selling plasma - he's [I]terrified[/I] of needles. So that speaks to being pretty desperate. All I can say is, yes, it was probably the right thing, saying no. That really doesn't make me feel any better about doing it. :imok:I'll feel better eventually. [/QUOTE]
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