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Be Careful of Those Creating an Illusion of Success and Love
Their fake reality is their reality. That’s the scary part.
Jake came from a semi-affluent family while growing up in the Midwest. He was the youngest of three and was spoiled from the day he was brought home from the hospital.
Jake wasn’t spoiled, in a sense, you think; he was conditioned to believe he wasn’t good enough and couldn’t take care of himself. Maybe not his, but his parents for sure. His whole goal in life became a hunt to find a caretaker on a subconscious level.
As life went on, Jake seemed to have a knack for the ladies; he always had one by his side at a very young age and was quite rebellious.
After some trouble in high school, he gave college a whirl, where he promptly flunked out. But not before meeting Laura, she fit the qualifications of his parents.
After some time of dating and getting his parents’ approval, Jake and Laura married. Jake found his one-way ticket to being the father he always wanted to be while living the “Highfalutin” life he grew accustomed to believing he deserved.
After they got married, they would have three kids.
