Hey, if you believe you can finish, then that's all you need. Rooting for you, buddy. And Im sure Clemi will stick by your side to boot you in the tail when you need a boost. :)

You can finish. If you are pushing and trying. not cramming and stressing to much over it. You will finish it. Dont listen to him believe in yourself on this fact. just study, patients and balance between work, school and life. Dont let one over take everything, it will ruin your emotions. And you have someone who loves you to give support. Take breaks with studying. and you will succeed. just tread carefully when going to college and where you go. I wish you luck Morin ^^

My father has no faith in me either. I know exactly where you're coming from. Prove him wrong and when he finally says you've earned his respect, don't show it back.

Trust me when I say I really do know how you feel dear in a set. The on thing I will say is prove it in doing better for yourself. If your dad doesn't believe in you, that's his issue. You do it for you and Clem-Clem's future my friend.

With support from your girlfriend and friends and other family members, I'm sure you'll surpass all of this and actually make it into graduating your classes. I'm sure if you just take in a deep breath and repeat in your head " I can do this, I can do this." it will encourage you more to do it. I believe you can do this, the more empowering thing, is proving your father wrong. When he sees that you can do it, he'll see that and probably tell you. " I knew all along you could do it." x3 At least some parents are like that.

Believing in yourself and having confidence will help. ^^

Good luck!

You'll do it.

You'll be able to finish. Believe in yourself and work hard and you'll be able to do it.

Never quit dude, i never quit. Life can be hard man fight back.

Hey,

Sorry to butt in to your private life, but I stumbled across this post.

Some commiseration from a much older father- with a dad not unlike yours.

My dad's still alive, like 74 or something. Smokes weed like its air, drinks beer like its water and is the most miserable person I know. Friend, I can just see him saying something like what you dad said.

But let me clarify. My dad says stuff like that because he's a miserable... person, for lack of a better word. He enjoys misery. He's like the misery version of King Midas- everything he touches turns to misery. That's how he lives. If he does not have misery, he will make it and everybody around him must be miserable too. Otherwise, he finds a way to drag them down with him and make them miserable.

He's a highly toxic person and it sounds like your dad might be too.

Tell me, is he saying you can't pull off the graduation because he is a miserable, toxic person that wants the company of his son in misery also or because he is trying to warn you about the pitfall of setting a time goal that might be unrealistic? You know, like he cares about you and does not want you to give up if you can't make the dates? If its the latter, well he's just being your dad.

If he's just trying to make you a toxic person like himself, then please, let him go to Florida by himself! It's the perfect place for grumpy, toxic, old men!

I raised three boys myself and a girl, so I know of whence I speak. I hope that if your father is a toxic person, you break that chain friend. If you and your lovely young lady friend get married, I hope you understand that once you have kids, you are locked in for the duration. Kids need their mom and their dads and breaking them up between parents and households is tough. You stay together and tough it out as a team when you have kids. In essence, divorce no longer exists. If your dad is toxic and did not raise you well, this is your chance to fix it- just like I fixed my dad's toxic legacy. I did not continue it and pass it on to my son's and daughter.

Sorry to get all personal, but I wanted to share with you the perspective of an older male, someone who I hope is not a toxic male in your life!!!

I don't know if anything I said really applies or matters, but I know how much it hurts when nobody in your family thinks you can amount to a can of beans.... Feels real good, I can assure you. You are better off by yourself if you dad is not a good influence in your life.

And since I blabbed on, one more bit of advice. Don't be in a hurry to marry that pretty young fur girl of yours. Be patient, real love waits and you have the rest of your lives to be together. Make sure you both know the other well. One year of dating, one year engagement, then set a date AFTER the one year engagement is up. Truly, just want you guys to be a happy couple with great kids and break the "toxic chain" like my brother and I did.

Ok, enough personal BS commentary on your journal! I just could not resist, because your dad's crummy comment really cheesed me off.

Best of Luck!

Anthony Ficton