Pushed till breakpoint

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Jack Dempsey
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Ok sorry if you have to put up with me but I feel that if I don't let it out of my heart I'm gonna literally explode over time.

Freaking pissed off by my family members. My parents are just [censored] bias against me. I had a [censored] "sister" in my family who is 5 years younger than me. Although sister would be unappropriate since I told everybody in my family and relatives that I refused to acknowledge her.

She is just 'bout the more annoying [censored] you can ever imagine. She skips school, smoke, hang out with gangs. When she asked my mum for money and my mum refuses to give her, she would just beat my mum up. It is as though my mum owe her. What the [censored] is wrong with such people?

And as much as I would like to beat the [censored] out of that [censored] sister whenever I see her whacking my mum, my mum would ask me not to do it since she don't want her precious "angel" to get hurt. :WTF: So I would just ignore and walk away.

Now here is the part where I was pushed to the breakpoint. I wanted to upgrade my fishtank from a mere 70g to a 280g since my current tank is already overstocked. Now I found a 2nd hand tank which cost $380. When I told my parents, they were pissed.

My mum would keep complain about water and electricity bills. Whenever I clean my FX5, she would scold me :WTF:. When I showed her the polishing pad (which is already black) and compared it to a new white one in my other hand and try to explain, she got the nerve to tell me that fish like dirty water.....

I thought my dad would be more understanding, but when we went to the seller's house to view the tank. He said it was too big and even asked me to spend $470 on a smaller 180g tank. I mean seriously, WHAT THE [censored]? Asking me to spent more on a smaller tank... Thats just retarded.

And to make matters worst, my [censored] parents have big mouth. Soon, all my uncles and auntie know about my plan of getting a large fishtank. They all give negative comments like "Why are you buying another tank?", "Need such large tank for what?".

One of the most funny comments was "Do you know that Authorities don't allow 6ft tanks?". I dont know whether to laugh or cry. I doubt the government would check every single flat for large fish tanks. They have much better things to do such as stop other serious crimes like Robbery.

I thought family members are suppose to support your hobbies? (provided they are decent). I'm using MY OWN MONEY to buy my dream tank, whats wrong with it? Why is every single one of them just downright opposing me? At least I don't use the money to do drugs, buy cigars or do other crazy [censored] illegal stuff right?

If that is what families are for, I'm much better off calling MFK members here my family. Ok thanks rant over, feel so much better. :D
 
not sure what the laws and law enforcement are like in your country, but if it was me, and my sister act like that, I would call the cops.

As for your other issues, all I can say is sooner or later, you will be completely independent, and then it will be your time and $$ and you can do whatever you want.

until then, just try to have patience, and good luck to you. Might also help to remind your family that it is your money.
 
Thanks for the support. The cops have been called in a couple of times by the neighbours already.
But since she was still underage, they just referred her to counselling, IMO she should be jailed.

And yes I'm still waiting, another 3 years and I would be independent and can do whatever I want!
Their opinions would be just noise to my ears and I can go MONSTER!
 
Hey bro. I got yr fb message and apologise for the late response. I won't even try giving advise on what to do about your family situation as no orne but you truly knows what's going on. But what I will say is that patience and keeping your cool will help keep you a long way.

Just hang in there and keep your cool. It will pay off one day n u can show everyone in yr family what you're worth. Good luck and we are all here for ya.

If your folks will only let you have the 180 then I say just go for it first. Or try for a 6x2.5x2. Looks a lot smaller than the big tank but still not a bad size. Good luck bro

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I have to agree that as much as it sucks family is family, not to mention you parents (i presume) are paying for electricity and water... and as long as your living under their roof, you live under their rules... once your old enough to move out then as you said, time to go monster...
 
actually i did fork out 50% of the bills as a method of compromise, which is much much more than what i actually used for my tank considering how wasteful my family members are. LOL!

xander, lol personally I would prefer a 6x2.5x2 as the extra 0.5ft height would make cleaning a PITA. but still a brand new one would cost like $2k. That tank is selling for $380, you could see the huge difference.

PS : I brought the tank anyway. :D Got some of my friends to help with the carrying and one of his father owes a large lorry. When the tank arrives next week, my parents can't do anything but to accept it. BLAHAHAHAH!
 
^ I'm not going to say anything except best of luck with what ever is going to happen with that tank...
 
Don't worry I'll be sure to fill my 280g setup thread wif tons of pictures.

PS : Had a good talk with my dad and he finally gave in since I won't give up :D
 
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