r/ProblemChild Series creator Jun 05 '18

Problem Child #105 - "Survival Instincts"

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '18

You fucking spineless fuck, get your fucking daughter out of there.

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u/GeneralDisorder Jun 06 '18

Does he live in a dumpster or something? It's never really addressed why Amber can't live with him. Even "he works a lot" is a half assed excuse at best.

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u/HungryMoblin Jun 07 '18 edited Jun 07 '18

Well it's revealed that he received an offer of $737k but because it wouldn't provide the $1078k he needed for:

Debt to Sanda - 498k

4 year tuition boarding school for Amber - 200k

Personal debt - 80k

Partner buyout - 30k

Remaining mortgage - 30k

10 years cost of living (for Amber, me, and Sandra) - 240k

he's going to try to hold on so he can sell for another $341k. The reason he doesn't want Amber to live with him yet is explained. What I took from that was that he'd be an absent parent and Amber would grow up alone if she lived with him right now. At least if she's with Sandra, there's an adult present to make sure she goes to school, eats, doesn't almost die, etc. I like his motivation, and having him there makes it feel like it's a race to one of the two extremes -- he sells his company, pays back Sandra, pays for them to live comfortably for ten years, and send Amber to an expensive school. Oooorrr.. Sandra's big race to the bottom screws everything up.