Family plays a large part in my life, but it has not usually had a good impact upon it. Throughout my existence, the greed of other family members has plagued me with money problems. It would appear that, to them, having material possessions more important than assuring my well-being.

My mother's parents kicked her out of the family. When my mom married my dad, my grandparents refused to speak to them; as did all the others from her family because she ran away and got married. When I was born, the families were back together in a sense.

My dad worked for Drisilker, one of the world's foremost electric motor repair facilities in the world. They received motors from all over th

Seeing all of this as a child showed me what greed can do to people and how bad they can be. It also showed me what I wanted to be in life and how I wanted to get there. I want to make my own way and do it honestly. To me a thousand dollars of hard-earned money is worth a lot more than a million dollars of ill gained money. As I got older, my friends became more like my family. I have seen many very close knit families too. My friend Jack's grandparents have three sons and a sister. Their families all live in the St. Louis suburb area and they go to church every Sunday together and they get together to play family sports at least once a week.

I was born straight into the New Kids on the Block era. My older sister, Aarti, was a huge fan. She had the posters, buttons, t-shirts and all the paraphernalia. People listened to their music on compact discs since they released in 1982 and still new. At that time, I was around four so I was into the Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny and cartoon obsession. The trends of the day were British Flag T-shirts, bandanas around the thighs, bubble vests and skirts, and caps with the bills upturned. Shows like Macgyver and Night Rider are popular examples. Back to the Future was a very popular movie then and grossed $210,609,762; newer movies can gross $100 million easy on their opening day.

In the next few years as my mom's parents got older, they wanted to move in with their sons. My moms brothers would not let them move in with them unless if they gave them all of their money and assets. My grandmother probably had about $2,000. That was the condition of my grandparents moving in with either of their sons to hand over all of their money. Just about every other Indian family would gladly open their home up for their parents and not charge them rent. Then again my families are the most twisted and greedy people about.

When I was between three and five my parents, two younger brothe

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