Everything Changed When Poverty Knocked On The Door.

They are things that our parents do when they are drunk that make me wonder if it’s them saying those harsh words to each other or if it’s the alcohol.

Author: Berranger

Growing up, he was told that being a man is to be able to meet the needs of his family. They never lacked anything at home; they had a roof over their heads and good food on their table. It was a perfect family.

He remembers that just like any other family they had relatives living with them; you know cousins, uncles and aunts.

They went to the best school in town; a private one. But things were not what they looked like. One day coming from school he found many cars parked near their house and for a second he thought there was a party because they threw a lot of parties.

But it wasn't that. He found out that the owner of the house was having their family removed from the compound.

That was when he knew that the big house they were living in was not theirs but it was rented house.

A few weeks after that they were asked to move from that house and they went to live in a small house where they had to share everything with other people.

At this time, the man of the house had lost his job and he couldn’t provide for his family anymore.

On the other side, his mother got a new job that was paying her well and she started saving and after in a few years they built their own house. It was a dream come true.

The boy soon realized that this was not what he was told growing up. It was no longer the father who was providing for their family but their mother. That started to cause issues at home.

Whatever their mom did she was told that she was being disrespectful towards her husband and that she should be obedient as culture recommends.

Soon his both his parents started drinking. They had the opportunity to do great but they couldn't get over their drinking problems.

His mother told him that she was drinking so that she can forget her problems and honestly they were a lot though. It doesn't explain why she drunk too much because alcohol alone has never been and will never be an answer.

As any grown up kid, this was not the best environment to grow in. Children lean from their parents how they will treat their own family.

When your mom constantly tells you how she’s living with her husband for the sake of her children, you start to wonder if married couples live together because of obligations or love.

We are all affected by these kinds of situations. Especially when you get caught up in the middle of your parents’ disputes. Like they literally ask you to take sides. This is not good for any children's mental health.

They are things that our parents do when they are drunk and it makes me wonder if it’s them saying these harsh words to each other or if it’s alcohol.

But then again someone once said that there’s no honest person on this earth than a drunken person and a child. So I assume that they are being honest when they say these kinds of words. All of this just makes me wonder what our future is going to be like.

It makes me wonder if they know what they are putting us through. Being waken up in the middle of the night to resolve a disagreement that you don’t even know the origin.

Finding grownups who are supposed to be an example yelling at each other at the top of their lungs is not something that anyone let alone a child has to be put through.

Now their father is living in the regrets because he couldn't take care of his family. He wants us to take responsibility of his actions and see if he can stop living in regrets.

We all want to work but not to help someone who wouldn't take his responsibility seriously.

I can say that he's been a good for nothing because life would have been much better if he didn’t make poor choices.