You love the fact that you made it through school on your own, right? Ask your brother what he thinks, if he cares whether or not dad provides the cash for his school. If he doesn't care then you should do it and make things easier for him. If your brother doesn't want his assistance you are off the hook to make the decision for yourself.

If you decide to do it don't treat it like it's charity, treat it like it's a job and invoice him for your time like anyone else would.

Erin's spot on, if you ask me.

The vengeful bitch in me thinks "take the money and give it your brother" b/c that's more power to you, and (in my mind) makes your father look stupid...

But, like Erin said, business is business. Invoice him and treat him like any other customer...you don't get buddy-buddy with your other customers, do you?

This thought occured to me, too.

I say take the money, use it to put your little brother through college, and then flip your old man off.

All I can think here is that you usually don't like your boss anyway. You might as well chalk up another one you don't like and help out your family.

Just make sure if you do this you buy yourself some ice cream or something. a nice little pat on the back never hurt

Treat him just like a customer.
Take his money.
Doesn't mean you need to be pals.

they're right... take the money. just because he doing business with you does not make any difference in court when it comes to custody hearings. he lost the first time which shows that a judge thought he was unfit to have custody and didn't believe his bullshit. this 20,000 dollars is something he should be paying anyway without any strings attached. but since he's proven over and over again that he's definitely not father material i say bilk the bastard for all he's worth and give it to your family where it should be going anyway.

why isn't this fuckhead not being made to pay child support anyway? or was that his claim at saying he supported you through college? screw him either way... and make sure that you keep records of every single aspect of the business deals. and even video tape the work that you have done for him so that he can't try and back out on payment. speaking of which get as much as half up front as a deposit and the rest when the job is finished. and don't forget to make him sign a contract or letter saying that he will pay you x amount for x product/service. sign it yourself and have it notorized.

don't trust him to pay you it all when it's done. with his track record he might try and skip out on paying you. if he tries to guilt you by saying: what don't you trust me or something slimy like that? just look him in the eye and say: it's just business... nothing personal. and if he won't sign it don't take the job.


good luck

[Edited on Apr 12, 2004 1:21AM]