I’m worried about Sam. He spends more money than he makes,
and worse, he spends it on the wrong things. He has his priorities all wrong.
Sometimes he’s overly generous, helping out strangers who live far away, while
his own family goes hungry. Heck, some of that money could even be used to make
our own neighborhood look a little nicer. But more often, he wastes his income
by getting into senseless fights. He always claims they were self-defense, but
his idea of self-defense is, he needs to attack others first before they can
become a big enough threat to attack him. It’s preemptory self-defense, so he’s
always fighting and people are always getting hurt and it ends up costing a lot
of money. Money that could be spent at home on food and housing and our medical
bills.
I worry about Sam because he’s my uncle, and when I was
younger, I believe he always looked out for me. He says he's still looking out
for me, but I’m not so sure. One of us has become paranoid. He’s been going
through my mail, listening in on my phone calls, and snooping on my Internet
browsing history behind my back. He claims he’s doing it for my own good, but I
consider it an invasion of my privacy. He says he’s trying to keep me from
trouble, and while my life hasn't been completely trouble-free, no one’s is,
and yet, I think I managed well enough without all of his voyeuristic snooping.
Overspending, spending his income on all the wrong things,
false priorities, constant fighting with others, spying on everyone…. Uncle Sam
is in trouble. I think it’s time for family intervention.
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