So I Found Out I Was Broke Today

[IQ89]

Today I found out that I have a networth of Zero.

I've recently married, and my wife and I had our first child a few months ago. Due to my new situation, my father recommended that he and I go visit with his lawyer.

We went out to lunch before our appointment and discussed the origin of an inheritance I have coming. Apparently, my grandfather left me $1,000,000+ when he passed away years ago. Since then, my father, whose own career revolved around being a custodian, was executor of the will and was in charge of my inheritance. Well, it turns out that Dad had chosen to invested all of my inheritance in some high-risk venture; tens of thousands of Immortality Rings: Alex Chiu.com

Dad explained how he hasn't been able to sell a single Ring but that the entire inventory of Rings is intact, and for that I am very thankful.

Thing is, I'm now 45 years of age, and have had rightful ownership of these Immortality Rings since I was 30. Unfortunately, my father casually implied that I am not ready to take ownership the Rings. A comment from today's luncheon that quickly comes to mind is "You want to make your own 'Rings' don't you? Well, Chiu gives step-by-step directions on how to make them yourself. [which is probably the reason Dad hadn't been able to sell a single one, I suspect.]" Another comment was, "I'll take care of the Rings until you're settled." "Settled" meaning, getting a job (I assume).

One thing is for sure, I'm not worried about my father squandering the Immortality Rings for pennies on the dollar or anything like that, because he is more than well-off himself [oh i forgot to mention, his father had left him the bulk of the family money, and that only mine and my sisters' money was used to buy the Rings]. The thing is, I'm a little insulted by his comments, because it seems obvious that he doesn't have much faith in me.

I learned that my sisters, on the other hand, who are a bit younger than me, received their Rings. This added salt to the wound.

A bit about me: I'm bi. Okay, there. I admit it.

In conclusion, I have many great and profitable ideas that I would like to pitch to Alex Chiu. And in regards to the Rings, I do in fact have a right to them, my father made that clear; however, I don't feel worthy of them.

To conclude my conclusion, my father may be right. But I'm also a grown-up, and would like to do what's right given my situation, and that is to manage my own Immortality Rings.

Thanks for any advice, OOT.

Ps. My wife doesn't know anything about my being Bi, so mum's the word.

[Mr_J]

This is a terrible post. I wasted 20 secs of my life skimming over it.

[2+2 wannabe]

worst. post. ever.

I read the first sentence and knew where it was going

[pokerstudAA]

Howmuch for a ring? Do theywork? Can I buythem all? Whydoesntmyspace bar seem to be working?

[starvs]

This parody gets a -26/22x10^37

[gamblore99]

I enjoyed briefly.

[InchoateHand]

I'd give it a -2.6^-36 on the parody scale.

[dsm]

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worst. post. ever.

I read the first sentence and knew where it was going

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Well then you're not very bright, since the rest of us deduced where it would be going by its title.

I found it mildly entertaining.

[Thythe]

I'm going to give it 2 stars

[ghostface]

Actually thanks for making me waste 30 minutes looking at that stupid site, while i laughed about how gullible this guy thinks ppl are. I'm going out to buy a resurrection machine to bring back my beloved Fifi.