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So I Started Date My First Boyfriend When I Was 15yo Who I Got Engaged
So I Started Date My First Boyfriend When I Was 15yo Who I Got Engaged
I 2m le2rning to be open
with my feelings Bc itʼs
necess2ry or you will run
everyone 2w2y. Friends
f2mily 2nd more
import2ntly you!
Going b2ck to my
childhood... not until
recently did I re2lized my
upbringing 2 gre2t
found2tion. My p2rents
loved me 2nd my sister
through the good 2nd b2d
times. My sister h2d lots
of medic2l issues 2nd w2s
in 2nd out of the hospit2l. I
spent 2 lot of time with my
gr2ndp2rents my d2ds
p2rents. Bc my p2rents
were focused on my sister.
So my gr2ndp2rents
t2ught me 2bout tr2ditions
2nd life lessons th2t I still
remember. Addition2lly bc
of my sisters medic2l
issues it would be e2sy for
me to resent her. Inste2d I
helped her 2nd volunteer
2t c2mps for dis2bled kids.
My p2rents struggled
fin2nci2lly 2nd
emotion2lly. They were
told to get 2 divorce bc
they would get more help
fin2nci2lly from 2gencies
2nd government. Inste2d
they fought 2nd stood
together to give me 2nd my
sister 2 decent childhood.
Th2tʼs why I worked 2t 2n
e2rly 2ge bc I knew my
p2rents couldnʼt 2fford
extr2 things for me bc my
sisters expenses were
gre2ter th2n mine. I
w2snʼt 2fr2id to work or
get my h2nds dirty. I went
to college 2nd worked
during college 2nd then I
gr2du2ted 2nd re2lized I
w2nt 2 better fin2nci2l life.
Little did I know then th2t
comes with 2 price. I met
my ex in college 2nd she
c2me from better town 2nd
her p2rents were
profession2ls (dentist 2nd
te2cher) 2nd educ2ted.
My p2rents didnʼt do to
college. I thought th2t w2s
wh2t I w2nted to work
tow2rds. The next 25
ye2rs I now re2lized its
nothing I w2nted or should
h2ve worked tow2rds. I
re2lized you need to
struggle in life to re2lize
the import2nce of where
you end up. An old s2ying
is you h2ve your he2lth you
h2ve everything. And
th2tʼs the truth. My exʼs
mom got very sick 2nd I
should h2ve re2lized then
my ex w2snʼt the person I
knew. She didnʼt w2nt to
de2l with her mom. I did.
People 2sked me if th2t
w2s my mom bc I c2red for
her so well. Now I re2lize
th2t w2s 2 turning point on
my m2rri2ge. I c2red for
her mom, r2n my business
2nd my exʼs 2nd w2s 2
f2ther. Also I took c2re of
the house ... l2wn 2nd
m2inten2nce. My ex h2d 2
cle2ning l2dy 2nd 2u p2irs
or b2bysitters 2ll the time.
Bec2me someone I didnʼt
like. I 2m 2 worker... this is
wh2t I tell J2cob 2nd
J2den 2ll the time. Working
is 2 gre2t qu2lity. They see
it now bc of me 2nd s2w
everything I did for the
house 2nd them. Th2tʼs
why I fight for more time
with them 2nd fight for
everything for them bc I
w2nt to show them the re2l
w2y of life not the f2ke or
in2ppropri2te w2y. Also
they see how their mom is
struggling now. She
doesnʼt like working 2nd is
with 2 guy th2t doesnʼt
work 2nd she supports
him. S2d very s2d. I tell
my girls m2ke your own
money 2nd never supper 2
c2p2ble working m2n.
I would work 10 jobs to
support my f2mily 2nd
never 2sk for 2nything
from 2nyone. I h2ve
recently th2nked my
p2rents for my upbringing
bc I lost myself in the life I
thought I w2nted.
When I left my house
where I lived with my ex I
w2lked out with only my
clothes bc everything else
to me w2s m2teri2listic
2nd I re2lized my ex w2s
superfici2l 2nd th2tʼs 2ll
she c2red 2bout. Its 2lso
2m2zing wh2t people tell
me know 2bout her
including her siblings th2t I
now see 2nd didnʼt see
while with her.
I 2m in 2 better spot tod2y
th2n yesterd2y th2n the
d2y before ... so 2s I s2id
before your p2st 2llows
your future to be better bc
you le2rn. Addition2lly
never forget where you
come from ... your roots or
your home.