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Some of you who know me also know I had a sicko family. There's now 2 left of my generation and 2 of the next generation. I'm 60ish the next is mid 30's. These 2 young men have lost their parents, so myself a female cousin is all that's left. One of them made a podcast and he urged me to listen it it. He's a professional poker player and unmarried. He wins often so he never asks for money. He lives in Vegas and in the podcast he describes his life style. Other than poker he discussed which drugs help him win at poker. He also discussed in graphic detail what him and his buddies do with girls. I've learned this guy gets angry quickly. I assumed he wanted my opinions on what he said in the podcast. Since he's single and often wins I saw nothing wrong with the poker. All I said is he should be saving up money, while he can. No winning streaks last forever. I didn't touch his sexual practices since I'm the only Uncle he has left. I did discuss the drugs. I came from the generation of drugs. I figured it's obvious that the physically addictive drugs are the worst, I think even he knows that. In my life I noticed the most potentially harmful drugs are the psychedelics. I pointed out that his father flipped out on 1 LSD trip and was never the same. So I told him to avoid those. Unfortunately he then told me he likes them best. I don't want to lose all contact with him so I said nothing else today. Then my 60 yr old cousin called me. She got angry at me. She felt I shouldn't have said nothing. I've noticed she never gives him advice. IMO she doesn't take being his only Aunt seriously. However, I take being an Uncle very seriously. He knew what the podcast said since he made it. If he didn't want my opinions and advice why would he ask me to listen to it? Many of us think we know it all at 35 but we don't. I know when I hit 40+ I started to wish I payed more attention to the older generation. Sometimes they are just as wrong as younger people, but I've also been asking God to guide me since I was 30ish. Do you folks think I was wrong to give my nephew advice?