yea when i got back from... dallas

Youre no Kenny Powers

Kenny Powers did something different actually.

what he was doing is way easier and requires little effort

That's why you're no Kenny Powers

AH HA!

I wish I had enough time to write up a great backstory to truly give you an idea of the person involved in this story: My sister.

Anyway, My sister is 4.5 years younger than me and we've never had a great relationship. It's mostly resentment from her because she perceived me to be the more successful one. She went through school being "Patrick's Sister" etc and she has always hated it and been a huge bitch. It's not a situation I ever wanted or encouraged, but she didn't care to see that side of things. Because of this, she is very attention seeking and has always lied constantly in order to get more eyes on her.

Story time:

She just finished her third year at college. For the last 2 years (the end of her freshman year) my parents have been trying to get a hold of her transcripts. I'm almost positive they could have if they contacted the right people at the university, but my sister did a good job of making sure that never happened. Back to present day, my sister has changed her major at least 7 times in 3 years AND my parents finally were fed up and got a hold of a transcript for her first 2.5 years of college [everything but the semester just finishing up]. She has withdrawn from 3 required courses [not ones that needed to be dropped for a new major] and has failed 3 classes. She's ridiculously behind due to her poor class management AND changing majors so many times. She's also barely pulling a 2.1 GPA while my parents are shelling out $40,000 a year for her to go to school. Needless to say they are not happy and I heard a lot about this over the phone this week.


Why I'm telling you this is because, I'm honestly not sure how to feel. I should feel bad slightly for her right? But I don't. She has been lying about her GPA and grades for 3 years, instead of having the foresight to own up to what was happening and maybe transfer somewhere cheaper and or closer to home. I feel for my parents, who my girlfriend and I have been telling for years to not believe anything from her unless she had proof to show them there and then. They assumed my sister was lying, but they didn't realize how poorly she was doing still. She was telling them her GPA was above a 3.5, and knowing my sister they assumed she was anywhere in the 2.75 to 3.1 range. If some of you got this far you're probably asking yourself what the point was, and I really don't have one. You're my soundboard for tonight, so thanks for reading if you got this far.

Patrick @ 27/5/2014 0:33

I wish I had enough time to write up a great backstory to truly give you an idea of the person involved in this story: My sister. Anyway, My sister is 4.5 years younger than me and we've never had a great relationship. It's mostly resentment from her because she perceived me to be the more successful one. She went through school being "Patrick's Sister" etc and she has always hated it and been a huge bitch. It's not a situation I ever wanted or encouraged, but she didn't care to see that side of things. Because of this, she is very attention seeking and has always lied constantly in order to get more eyes on her. Story time: She just finished her third year at college. For the last 2 years (the end of her freshman year) my parents have been trying to get a hold of her transcripts. I'm almost positive they could have if they contacted the right people at the university, but my sister did a good job of making sure that never happened. Back to present day, my sister has changed her major at least 7 times in 3 years AND my parents finally were fed up and got a hold of a transcript for her first 2.5 years of college [everything but the semester just finishing up]. She has withdrawn from 3 required courses [not ones that needed to be dropped for a new major] and has failed 3 classes. She's ridiculously behind due to her poor class management AND changing majors so many times. She's also barely pulling a 2.1 GPA while my parents are shelling out $40,000 a year for her to go to school. Needless to say they are not happy and I heard a lot about this over the phone this week. Why I'm telling you this is because, I'm honestly not sure how to feel. I should feel bad slightly for her right? But I don't. She has been lying about her GPA and grades for 3 years, instead of having the foresight to own up to what was happening and maybe transfer somewhere cheaper and or closer to home. I feel for my parents, who my girlfriend and I have been telling for years to not believe anything from her unless she had proof to show them there and then. They assumed my sister was lying, but they didn't realize how poorly she was doing still. She was telling them her GPA was above a 3.5, and knowing my sister they assumed she was anywhere in the 2.75 to 3.1 range. If some of you got this far you're probably asking yourself what the point was, and I really don't have one. You're my soundboard for tonight, so thanks for reading if you got this far.

If she was my kid I'd bitch slap her, cut her off and force her to spend the summer working at mcdonalds, and not the nice mcdonalds in the suburbs but the SHITTY MCDONALDS IN THE FUCKING GHETTO. I would absolutely not keep dropping 40 grand so she can go out and get buttfucked by fratboys every night. FUCK THAT SHIT

Are your parents going to confront her about it/what are they going to do? I'm curious, if you don't mind me asking.

Patrick @ 27/5/2014 1:33

Why I'm telling you this is because, I'm honestly not sure how to feel. I should feel bad slightly for her right?

Nope, I don't think you should. She's an adult and will have to live with her own bad decisions. I don't think you should feel bad or guilty for being responsible and managing your decisions well either.

My kids aren't college level but even then I don't feel bad for them when they dodge work and it comes back to bite them. Actions = consequences. My son is in 7th and a master at finding hacks around his online school work (3 years/3 different programs hacked). I don't feel bad for him when he has to sit for hours trying to catch up, it's his own fault and he has to own it, not me.

The McDonalds in our local ghetto is fucking professional as hell. They all wear formal dress clothes, and they're efficent as fuck. Best McDonalds in Wilkes Barre. As long as you don't get yourself shot on the way there.

Anyway, it sounds like your sister really doesn't belong in college! If she can't pick a major, and is failing that many classes, she should probably drop out and get some real world experience or something. Or if she doesn't want to do that, she should start seeing the counselor and focus entirely on the core classes until she decides on a major.

Your parents should demand to see her transcripts and not pay a cent until she shows them.

Drrr @ 27/5/2014 12:23

Your parents should demand to see her transcripts and not pay a cent until she shows them.

Completely agree.

That sucks! I think empathy for a loved one is fine, but like what was said, people have to pay for their choices and actions. I would feel bad for my sister and our relationship is kind of the same thing. I'm the one who was an athlete, I'm the one who stuck it through college, I'm the musician, I'm the social one while she's an introvert...so she was always in my shadow. But I'm not sure she's minded - she just does her own thing. She's the artistic one so eh.

But yeah, I definitely wouldn't pay for school anymore. Tell her if she really wants to be there, then she will need to pay it herself since she wasted your parent's money the past 2.5 years. At this rate, she won't graduate for a while anyway.

Tough call! It's hard not to feel bad for loved ones but I agree she needs to pay the consequences for her actions. Does she have any idea what she wants to do? Maybe make her just graduate in the fastest time possible at this point.

What's her phone number? I'll give her a talking to