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I’ll try not to rant, but through my childhood I idolized my father. Getting into high school he started his own business. Everyone around me told me to make sure I stay in school, especially college, but I had my dad in my ear whispering that I don’t need college. Even as a senior prepping for college he “assured” me that college wasn’t something I needed. Him being basically the only influential person in my life, I listened. I stayed out of college despite everyone else telling me it’s a bad idea. The next 6 months following graduation he put me on house arrest being his office assistant day in day out. Shortly after, he started considering selling everything to a bigger company. Obviously that’s fine it’s his life but he was still telling me “no college.” Now, I’ve worked for him, but if he sells that means I have no future. Despite what he said, I started going to college and finished a semester, but throughout the semester he constantly told me I’d never make a living with me degree and it’s useless so eventually I said okay fine. I stopped going just so he would leave it be. I tried enrolling in trade school but he thought trade school was beneath me and talked me out of it. I’m currently getting my cdl now but everytime I mention possibly driving for another company if he sells, he talks down on it. Now, because I didn’t enroll in school last semester, I will have to retake the ACT (I haven’t taken it in 3 years now). What am I supposed to do? My girlfriend suggests to stick it out and get my cdl, others tell me to move away and figure it out without him talking me out of everything bc he’s scared of me moving on or something. I’m so confused and I’m not even 20 y/o yet man.
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