Dear Charlie,

You don’t know me. I don’t know you either. In fact, until recently I’d never heard of you. But a friend of mine, one of the few I have left, told me that you of all people would be able to understand what I’m going through. My name is Sean.

Until recently, I thought I had my life all figured out. I turned my back on my parents and went off to live with my guitar playing boyfriend up in Bridgeport. We lived in a shitty apartment, with rats and cockroaches and awful stuff, but I was happy. And then one day I woke up and realized that a) my guitar playing boyfriend sucked at playing guitar, b) he was boinking the two only fans his band had, and c) he never did shit– I was the one who did the cooking, the cleaning, and earned the money to pay the bills and rent. That was coincidentally also the day he decided to dump me and kick me out of the apartment I was paying for. So I was forced to move back to Sunset Valley; at least I got to keep our cat, Sushi. I tried to move back in with my parents, but they weren’t having any of that. Rather than beg to live in that stupid house, I decided I’d start over all on my own. So I took all the money I had an purchased a lot as far away from them as I could. Unfortunately that left me with barely enough for a bed and small kitchen, and few necessities for Sushi.

I figured I’d take advantage of this opportunity and pursue my dream to be a professional singer, but I soon found out that you can only legally advertise yourself as a singer if you’ve registered, and the offices are closed for a few days. So in the meantime I’ve picked up a small job at the diner, in hopes of making some money. With my last paycheck I was able to add a bathroom to the lot! Which means I don’t have to use the public bathrooms at the public pool anymore! Sorry if that sounds gross, but I’m living on a very limited budget. Anyways, that’s my life right now. It’s a little frustrating, and I really just needed to vent a little bit.

Hope to hear from you!

-Sean

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