“He Never Asked Me For Anything”: Man Stunned After Dad Suddenly Requests $8,400
“He Never Asked Me For Anything”: Man Stunned After Dad Suddenly Requests $8,400 Sayantan A 29-year-old man recently posted on r/confession about his father’s first serious request for help that kept him up all night. While they are not especially emotionally close, his 58-year-old father texts him on holidays, watches football with him, and phones him when something breaks in his home. His father’s voice “was different from the beginning” on a recent call, he recalled. He said, “Hey kid, I need to ask you something and please just say no if it’s a no”. He went on to say that he needed $8,400 before the end of the month but did not initially explain why. He only said, “stuff caught up with me”. He also noticed his mother in the background going silent. His dad has never asked him for anything before. He always said “we’re handling it kid”, even when they were struggling financially in 2019 and the son offered help. So this request felt like a sign that things had gone beyond “han...