Reply #25: Some may think me horrible for saying this.... [View All]

...but I honestly believe that my parents did me a favor by both dying in their early 60s. Mom was 61 (1994), dad 62 (1998).

Since my father's death, I have finally become the person I truly am. And it has taken a good long time for me to shed the bad parts of his influence on me--i.e., bigotry, severe impatience, and an all-around negative outlook on life.

Anyway, I'm now 37, with no parents, no wife and kids, and no siblings. Some may think my situation kind of sad, but frankly I'm perfectly content not to be saddled with the responsibility of having other people depending on me.

I've known plenty of people who had their kids depending on them on one end, and their elderly infirm parents relying on them on the other end. I don't know how the hell those poor bastards keep sane!

So thanks, mom and dad, for not living long enough to make me put you into nursing homes! Christ knows you put me through enough heartache when I was growing up. I didn't need that shit, too!