Opening Up: Non-Fiction Stories about Give and Take, Volume 1

Chapter 14 - by Monkey

Selfishness and non selfishness          

It was around January/February 2010. Its not like it was working out before this happened

it was constant fighting about every thing either not helping with the dishes, or paying the bills,or just something. Our house cost so much that we had to put all of our money on the house instead of spending it on something that we could all do together.  Everyone was just always mad about everything but we decided to make a change in how we can spend more time together by selling our house and moving to something a little bit more cheaper. But then one night everything went down hill from there because my mom had  told us that she was going to see a movie with a couple friends from work, but really she had gone out with her new boy friend. My dad had finally realized that she didn't go to the movies because she had come home till  about 1:30am and usually movies are not that long.

            That night when she had walked through the door my dad sent me to bed so he and my mom could talk.My mom had no idea why my dad wanted to talk to her because she still thought that he didn't know actually where she was. When I was upstairs all I could hear was my parents yelling but of course my mom was denying like anyone would do if they were in this situation. Then the one thing that I had heard loud and clear was that “you have to find some were else to sleep because I get the bed and I don’t want you in there.” I was scared that night so I went and slept with my little brother he was about 5 years old and to this day still he still is really upset about it.He has little break down once in a while or just days were hes not in the mood because we are not all together.

            So a couple days had went by and we were still looking at houses for all of together but at the same time my dad was looking for a house that he could live in with just me and my brother and same with my mom.  My dad was actually pretty forgiving about this whole thing probably more forgiving then any other person would be if they were if they were in this situation.So my dad was willing to move on from this and try and start over but my mom said she didn't want to start over and try again because he was only saying that for the sake of keeping us all together for me and my brother not to be so upset.

            Now its been almost two years and my dad is doing really good after a few months of being separated he had found someone new. Her name is Anna and she has been really good to my dad, my brother and I. She had moved in around December2010. To me I think that she treats us like her own. As for my mom she is doing good to she is with a guy named Don and he had moved in about April 2010.He has a little boy named Jack he is only 4 but he only comes every second weekend.

He can be a little annoying because if he doesn't get his way its constant fighting or crying. But the sad part about it is that his dad only gets to see him every second weekend so of course when he tell his dad he wants something obviously he will get it. My brother Colton in my mind doesn't really like him well he loves to have someone that he can play with but at the same time he doest like to share so it makes everything a lot harder.

So in all my story is kind of selfish and not selfish! It is selfish because my mom was selfish to my dad by disrespecting him...And it was not selfish because my dad had offered to be back together but my mom said no because she was saving us from a whole lot of years of just yelling and fighting.<3