Letter to my parents (LONG)

[Blarg]

Very snotty, aggressive ending there. If you were hoping to get across your maturity and good judgment with the rest of the letter somehow, the ending completely torpedoed it.

Good thing you don't intend to show it to them.

Also, note that you think your life kicks ass because of two things that are after all fairly trivial. Those reasons your life kicks ass sound like they come from someone still very much a child.

Your life significantly kicks ass in a way that you didn't mention, and your not mentioning it slights your parents. That is, your whole life is being made possible by their caring for you. They'd probably like to think it wasn't taken so entirely for granted that you don't mention it at all, while mentioning things like a skimboard and a vacation to watch a couple of sports events. When you mention the high points of your life and include skimboards but exclude your own family, the least negative thing that could be said about it is that it just doesn't look good.

I don't know your family situation or how reasonable your parents are or aren't, or what kind of backstories all fold into this poker issue and influence what's going on with it. But it sounds like there is confrontation where there should be discussion, and from the tone and general outlook of your letter, it sounds like some of the problem is definitely coming from you. You sound like a kid talking back to his parents instead of an adult talking with his parents.

P.S.: Consider buying a laptop and getting in some of your poker outside the house. There's a Starbucks almost everywhere. It might simply goad your parents less on the one hand, and on the other help them worry less that you're becoming a hermit while all the other boys are out playing cowboys and Indians.

Also, you could take a load off their minds by telling them you're not spending those 25 hours a week playing poker, but compulsively masturbating.

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nice post rory.

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Very.

[JackCase]

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Also, note that you think your life kicks ass because of two things that are after all fairly trivial. Those reasons your life kicks ass sound like they come from someone still very much a child.

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The whole thing was about "me, me, me". Me, what I do, what I own, how much money I have, what good times I have. (Not that this is any different than the other 23498 current threads on these forums about 18 y.o.s having a quarter-life crisis.)

Some general advice to all who have not yet finished school and gotten a "real" job. You are sadly lacking in general knowledge and experience, and don't have the information to make life decisions yet. Get as much experience in as many different areas as possible. Getting a degree isn't just about learning facts. It's about being exposed to people and ideas that you aren't normally exposed to while staring at your computer screen. Playing poker full time pays better than playing World of Warcraft, but it doesn't prepare you any better for the real world which you will eventually have to live in, like it or not.

[Hume]

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Don't give this letter to your parents because it is badly written, very confrontational, and full of crap that does not address their issues.

Also, you come across as very young/immature in this letter.

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Wtf! This letter is very well written (esp. considering OPs age).

[stinkypete]

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Don't give this letter to your parents because it is badly written, very confrontational, and full of crap that does not address their issues.

Also, you come across as very young/immature in this letter.

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Wtf! This letter is very well written (esp. considering OPs age).

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it's not well written. its just babbling. it needs structure. and i don't see how his age has anything to do with it, he's 18, not 12.

[crunchy1]

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Jack,

IMO, there are so many issues with this letter I'm not even going to pick it apart. I really hope that you haven't delivered this to your parents yet!

The one thing that I will comment on is this: If you are to the point in your relationship with your parents that you need to give them a letter - the problem between you and them likely has little to do with your poker playing.

Think about that.

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It doesn't seem at all likely to me that he hasn't, and repeatedly.

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What?
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This seems a strange suggestion.

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Huh?

[benfranklin]

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Don't give this letter to your parents because it is badly written, very confrontational, and full of crap that does not address their issues.

Also, you come across as very young/immature in this letter.

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Wtf! This letter is very well written (esp. considering OPs age).

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it's not well written. its just babbling. it needs structure. and i don't see how his age has anything to do with it, he's 18, not 12.

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All of that, plus it obviously fails to address his parents' reals concerns, which is the ultimate sign of immaturity here. He is tring to rationalize playing poker and making big bucks and being able to afford lots of toys. They are talking about something else entirely.

[Nietzsche]

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The bit about other people's parents buying them cars makes you suck dog ass. Only p ussy rich kids have cars bought for them. To conclude, youre a bad person.

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Mad much?

[fire_fly]

I just read the first like 5 replies and they were all negative.

what is wrong with you guys???

Hey Jack, the letter was great, very well written, very to the point and said a whole bunch of things that I've been wanting to tell my parents for a long time.

Good job and hope they take it well, I really don't see how they wouldn't.

EDIT: Jesus christ, I just read the rest of the replies and I'm just speechless. I have been coming to these forums less and less lately, and this thread really makes me want to stop coming completely.

STOP THE NEGATIVITY YOU F8CKING LOSERS, YOU THINK PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN MAKES YOU A BETTER PERSON? GO F8CK YOURSELFS.

Jack, it was a good letter, sounded very genuine to me, and I can't imagine it doing anything but good to give this to your parents, at the very least they will take it as a heartfelt attempt to communicate.

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Bruin,

don't listen to fire_fly he has no idea what he is talking about. actually on second thought you guys should be best friends!



Fire_fly,

Look at all the negative responses again. Shouldn't that say something to you? It seems really, really likely that his parents will hate this letter.