Saturday, August 17, 2002
Dignity for sale. $1000. |6:29 PM|
I managed to pay off a loan that has been bugging me for some time. It was the very last of the non-bank related loans I've ever had to use. (Well, unless you count the constant bartering of favors and quarters that goes on in my office for the purposes of getting burgers, vanilla Coke, and energy drinks paid for). When you're trying to make it on your own, trying to be a responsible and upstanding adult, borrowing money to pay a bill is quite ego bruising. However, no matter how hard you tried or how much progress you've made, it's still very possible to be in a situation that you cannot dig your way out of. Pride may delay you seeking help, so you flounder for days or weeks being really stupid. Being stupid kept me from borrowing cash when it was very clear there was no other legal or reasonable options remaining. I ended up borrowing a relatively large amount of money from relatives, my parents.
Yes, I had no other choice, but I still felt like crap. It took a long damn time to recover enough financially to pay them back. But I did, this past Friday. A $1000 cashier's check was given to my mother, and despite knowing I was losing most of 2 week's wages, I felt great.
No fireworks, no bands, no celebratory toasts.
"Here's the money"
"Thanks so much!"
Done.
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