I got in a car accident a couple of weeks ago and now insurance for my family has more than tripled. We are paying for insurance just about the same amount as what we are paying for our house. We are going to have to sell a car. My parents, my brother, and I are going to need to all help to pay for insurance. I have a ticket to pay off and repairs to pay for for the car. I am getting very little hours with the job I have now and I am probably going to have to take on another job.
It really sucks knowing that I messed everything up for my family. I feel terrible for complaining about my job. I feel bad that I am asking for stuff for christmas and my birthday. I feel bad that I decided to go to school that is a city over instead of one in my own city, because my parents have to pay for gas for me to get there. And all of this is because I made a stupid mistake while driving.
Rough to hear dude. My condolences.
But, let me do my best to lighten your conscience. Unless you doing something monumentally stupid while driving, you shouldn't beat yourself up over it. These things happen. In my opinion, anger should be directed at those with poor intentions, more so than poor results. It's not like you intended to triple your parents insurance. And as long as you prove that you're sorry to your parents, they
should forgive you and forget about it. (Mind you, proving that you're sorry doesn't just imply apologizing. Suck up to them for a bit, LOL.)
Is is during times like these that I like to tell myself, "at least I'm not starving in Africa."
