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My Family – Bum and the Other Child
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February 1st, 2010FamilyI love my parent. I only have one so my parent is even more special to me. Let’s call this solo genderless parent “Bum,” not to be confused with Mum or Dum…er…Dad. Bum lost Bum’s spouse when I was born. Losing a parent is very hard but with Bum my life is full and I have never felt like anything in my life was missing.
I love my Bum. Bum loves me. Bum is smart, hardworking and kind. Bum has been there for me all my life. I share my Bum with the other child, er, sibling. I don’t like my sibling. I do not yet have a pseudonym for the other child so we shall refer to this genderless solo sibling as that “Irresponsible Get Rich Quick A—hole” until I come with another name. Or maybe, I will just call it the “Other Child.” I think that will work too.
I keep telling myself this sibling of mine is really adopted, but so far all evidence has been to the contrary. For one thing, the sibling looks just like Bum. Bum really likes science and math and the Other Child likes and excels in all that too unlike to me. Bum and the Other Child are both concerned about how they are perceived by others whereas I am not. Once, I wore sweat pants everyday to law school for one entire semester.
That’s it. That’s my family. Now, you know that if I am talking about my family and since this is a personal finance blog the next post will be about me lending money to one of these two characters in my life. Guess which one?
Tags: Bum, Family, Other Child
7 responses to “My Family – Bum and the Other Child” 
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I love this post, but hate you for making me laugh “inappropriately” at work. LOL. True story, I convinced my little sister she was adopted until she was 13. My parents flat-out told her, “What? Of course we didn’t get you via Fed-Ex!!” And I got in a lot of trouble. Btw, this realization was 5 years ago, so I’m still maturing…
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@Investing Newbie
Lol! I think siblings do that to each other just about everywhere. The “Other Child” once had me so confused that I had to check with Bum just to be sure! -
I bet your sibling, the “other child” did something to rub you wrongly today
Let me guess, the “other child” is hitting up your “parent” up for money for a crazy business idea? Of course, you will be next!I was lucky, my sister is a considerable amount younger than I am. She and I get along nicely of course, it helped that I was twice as big as her…
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“you will be next” meaing that the “other child” will be hitting you up for money next…
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@MoneyReasons
Lol! No actually my sibling the Other Child has been running me the wrong way for more than a decade!You’re lucky your sister isn’t too close to you in age as we are.
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Blood is thicker than water. You shouldn’t allow money to ruin your relationship with “the other child” sibling. Family is what’s matter and they will stick by you in the end. Maybe you can provide guidance to her/him since it sounds like he/her is much younger than you. If you hound them long enough, they will listen.
http://moneyhoneysf.blogspot.com/
Investing Newbie February 1st, 2010 at 10:44