jody ptacek

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• June 12, 2010, on Rich People:

  Money can bring peace. It enables people to fulfill basic needs of life. But it definitely can have a down side. As a teenager (1976), I went to live with my real mother who had never raised me. She was married and they were RICH. My step father owned a brokrage firm and my mother owned and operated a motel. I was not used to this life style AT ALL. However, they were also both alcoholics. Each night they spent the evening in the motel's lounge. Each night they came home DRUNK! I learned to run to my bedroom and pretend to be asleep the second I heard the garage door open. If I was caught awake, my mother would acuse me of having an affair with my step father (the thought alone was not only new to me, but sickening to say the least). She used profanity and referred to me as a slut, whore, or anything else her drunk mind could conjure up. None, of which were true. They sent me to school with $20 a couple times a week for lunch money. In 1976, that was A LOT of money for a 14 year old ...