nathanpaulyoung

Hey, I saw you on 4chan yesterday! How long have you been a regular there?

http://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/1b3hun/trevor_moore_of_whitest_kids_u_know_fame_is_a/

It seemed to me that he was using the story of being expected by his family to go to college as a parallel to your being expected by your family to live. On the one hand, you both have the right to choose to do whatever you want to do. Perhaps if your family is unsupportive of the idea, you just need to explain things to them and ask for their love and acceptance. On the other hand, however, once you end it, there is no opportunity to come back later. You don't get to test the waters. Make sure you want this before choosing it.

I'd like to share something from the perspective of a child of a dying parent. I'm 21 years old. Back in 2010, when I was 19, my mother was on her deathbed after fighting ovarian cancer for three and a half years. It got to the point in her last few months, where she was saying the same thing you are. She was tired. Not sleepy. Not muscularly tired. Just beaten down. It's different, I'm sure you can attest. Not many people understand that. It's tiredness that wears you down at the core, and it's miserable. In her last days, she explained that to us. She talked about wanting it to be over. And we held each other, and we cried on each others' shoulders, because that shit is hard to handle for everyone. But we never once told her she couldn't. We made sure she knew that no matter what she chose, we still love her and that we will never think poorly of her. That she would always be seen as a fighter and our mother/sister/daughter.

But we didn't know that was what she needed to hear until she told us. It's not something that people regularly think about -- what a dying man or woman needs to hear from their family. Once we knew, we were eager to let her know how we felt. And then the pressure was off. It was no longer a big decision. She wasn't ready to give up yet, but no promises. She reserved the right to say goodbye whenever, which is exactly what everyone deserves.

She died from complications due to a bout of pneumonia they couldn't stop a few months later, and while I miss her, I could not remember and love that woman more. You are a great parent, as was my mother, and no matter your choice, that will never change. You will always be a damn good dad, and I know your family would be eager to tell you that, if only they knew what a dying man needs to hear from his family.

Yet porn doesn't turn me on at all anymore

D:

He states all over his website and this thread that if people prefer to keep their current welfare program benefits (like food stamps, disability, et al) they can choose to do so.

Yes, I understand. El Psy Congroo.