Is it normal my dad is starving me and my sister?

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My dad has been living on government payout for around eleven years now, ever since me and my sister came to live with him. He gets money because he has us so the government gives him it so he just lives off that.

A few weeks ago, a letter came in and it said that they would be cutting some of his payments off due to me graduating school. He still gets money for my younger sister though, but not me. Since then he has not bought any food or done any grocery shopping, there is hardly anything to eat and when I ask him about it he tells me its because of me because the government cut his pay and he cant afford food.

To be honest I don't really care about myself, but my sister she is a diabetic and she needs to eat, otherwise her blood sugar levels will get fucked. At the moment I cannot get a job because I will be doing a course at the start of the year, I have went to centrelink and they will be paying me during my course, and I was planning on using that money to buy food for my younger sister but my dad has told me he wants all the money for rent. I told him I could give him some but I still need some to buy food, but he has told me he wants all of my pay when I get it.

I am scared even though if I give him my money he will still not buy food, he is very stingy and usually spends his money going out with his girlfriend and usually doesn't buy much for me or my sister. (Food, clothes, etc. Most of my clothes are torn/really old so I don't like going out much because I look dirty) I can't go shop for my own food because I don't have a license + my dad probably wont let me use his car, and the nearest shopping center would take you 3 hours to get there and back if you walked.

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KingTermite

8 years ago

You should all get off the dole, you society draining fuckers.

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- snarkygirl
  
  8 years ago
  
  Its not these kids fault its parents who are bums who are to blame.
  
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- skilful_soldier2
  
  8 years ago
  
  You are a fucking idiot.
  
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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  That's what I'm gonna do bro! Just needa do my course first :p
  
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  - KingTermite
    
    8 years ago
    
    Better hurry before your sib dies of the hungers.
    
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      8 years ago
      
      You are a fucking idiot.
      
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jethro

8 years ago

If you don't have a license, how can you drive a car? You can always take the bus. How about calling the cops or child services?

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  I don't drive silly :p Bus costs money, I don't get any income for myself at the moment and my dads not willing to pay for it. Tbh I feel like calling the cops/child services is just making a big deal, as long as my sister is okay but of course if my dad outright refuses to buy anything for a while I'll call the police because my sister could go into a coma from not eating bc she could go really low with her sugar levels.
  
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Treklover11376

8 years ago

Get a dang job

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  I can't, I'll be doing my course soon which requires me to go daily for seven hours. I'm planning on seeking out a job after it finishes though.
  
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  - Treklover11376
    
    8 years ago
    
    Really? 7 hrs? Theres 24 in the day. Yes you absolutely can get a part time job. It won't be easy . But welcome to being a adult. Its not supposed to. I work a 1st job and then go do side jobs until 7 or 8 pm. However long it takes to get done. I don't have to. I just like the extra money.
    Trust me. You most definitely can.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      8 years ago
      
      I have actually looked into getting a part time job, but all of them require interaction with other people. I have severe anxiety with a case of other things, I really hate using my illness as a excuse but honestly I cannot work in a public place involving serving people or communicating for certain lengths of a time. (If you're wondering how I'm able to do the course is because I'll either have one of my parents or trusted friends accompanying me, during an actual job you can't really have one of your friends or parents standing by)
      
      I might be able to land a job involving creating websites/coding, however I haven't been able to find many people seeking that sort of work. Maybe I'll just breach into a government officials bank and steal their money, haha :p
      
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      - Treklover11376
        
        8 years ago
        
        I've got anxiety disorder as well as being bi polar. You can do it. You are following in your father's footsteps and must break the cycle or you are doomed to a life of poverty
        
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      - bucho's_butt
        
        8 years ago
        
        Give me a break. I experienced severe trauma in my mid twenties and didn't leave the house for 3 years. I could NOT deal with people. I knew it was wrong so I started going to school. Just a couple of classes at first, then full time, then I got a job. Now I juggle full time school and a part time job. You have to immerse yourself in these situations. Otherwise you are not going to get better. Stop making excuses.
        
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Goku19

8 years ago

Your story is really emotional. I would have helped if i was your neighbour.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  Aw thank you, the thought counts :)
  
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snarkygirl

8 years ago

I'm sorry your dad is such a selfish prick. Is there anyone else you can live with? He doesn't deserve any money for your sister because he's not spending it on her anyway...
Until you can get out of there I'd take her to soup kitchens or charity houses and make sure she gets food. And report your father he doesn't deserve to have children.

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Insanitybxtch

8 years ago

You need to go and get some food, get out of that house too.
You need food to survive and starving (obviously) wont help you at all.
Get the hell outta that house, take your sister while you're at it too.

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BookLover

8 years ago

If i lived close by I would definatly help you. I hope your sister is feeling allright. My grandpa is diabetic to so i know how hard that can be on some people.

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SuMaFTW

8 years ago

Can you get a job and use that money to buy food?

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  Not with the course I'll be doing, the course requires me to go there daily and to work for around seven hours a day. I'm planning on trying to get a job in graphics design or animating once I'm finished the course, though.
  
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mari_98

8 years ago

This is for sure not normal. Your dad should get a job, if he really cares about you.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  I've asked if he could maybe get a job to help out, but he either says he is looking for one or he says no one is hiring him. He has been going on about becoming a uber driver but he has been saying this for a year now and he still doesn't have a job. I don't know what hes going to do when my sister graduates and the government cuts off all his payment completely
  
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  - mari_98
    
    8 years ago
    
    Your dad don't seem to have any responsibilities. He is not even doing the dad job in a right way. He is not acting like an adult, he seems to be really immature. But what about your mother?
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      8 years ago
      
      She's probably the same as him, maybe a bit worse. She lives on government payment too without any reason and always complains, she hates my dad and tries to manipulate me in hating him too, she tells lies about him and such. I've thought about living with her because she does spend more money on me and my sister, but whenever I have to go there she abuses me and calls me names and starts arguments, I generally don't have a good time when I'm over at my mums.
      
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  - BluntsRolled
    
    8 years ago
    
    Wait so you want your dad to have to get a job, but YOU don't want to have to work? Don't sell me thst shit about anxiety because what if HE has anxiety too? That tyoe of stuff is often times genetic. Besides, most EVERYONE has a least some kind of anxiety.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      8 years ago
      
      I never said I don't want to work, I'd love to actually function normally and go out and get a job, but I can't because of my mental illnesses. My dad does not have anxiety because he has no problem going out every single day to fancy restaurants or other expensive shit with his girlfriend drinking Fancy Wine or whatever the fuck he drinks there that costs a shit load of money.
      
      Yeah everyone does have some type of anxiety, mine is the crippling anxiety where you break down crying and everyday thinking about killing yourself because you know if you go outside to a shopping center or somewhere with lots of people you would breakdown and feel you're fucking worthless and shouldn't live.
      
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      - BluntsRolled
        
        8 years ago
        
        Sounds like an excuse to me.
        
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