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Compared bringing up money with my dad over dinner versus writing a letter, and the letter got us to actually make a budget.
After three years of awkward conversations where my dad would just say 'we're fine' and change the subject, I wrote him a two page letter about my student loans and how I needed his help tracking expenses, and he sat down with me last Thursday and we finally set up a real monthly plan - has anyone else found that writing things down breaks through the wall better than talking face to face?
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reese_patel1d ago
Shane's right but he actually read it in the bathroom first morning.
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shane_martinez441d ago
Wait, you wrote a two-page letter about student loans and he actually read the whole thing? Most dads I know would skim half of it then say "let's talk later" and never bring it up again. Your old man must actually respect the effort you put into writing it out.
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