So Iām giving Ralph a 24 hour pass today. I understand
that heās a pill popping, alcoholic rage pig that has directly caused everything terrible thatās happened to him. Heās getting what he deserves. It seems to me though, just for today, that based upon the circumstances heās placed himself in, heās actually doing the right thing. Maybe it is only to own the alogs or get some Xitter followers. I donāt much care. To the best of his ability I believe heās at least doing what heās supposed to do based upon where he is in his life.
Tomorrow is another day and Iām sure the xannies and rage will be flowing freely for me to shit on and laugh at. Today, Iām going to leave him alone. Thereās plenty of ways to shit on Rekieta neglecting his kids as he huffs Galaxy Gas and his own farts anyways.
While it is quite honorable of you to do that and I do understand where you are coming from, if you look at the big picture, as you said he "has directly caused everything terrible that's happened to him" and that is the whole point.
Ralph should not be visiting his son, under supervision, for a couple of hours on his birthday. Ralph should have not allowed himself to become a "pill popping, alcoholic rage pig that has directly caused everything terrible thatās happened to him". If he had any sense of decorum and had some humility and was humble, he wouldn't be in this position where he sees one child for a couple of hours a year with someone watching over them and his other child will be a distant memory as he will never lay his eyes upon her ever again.
So, while yes, he is doing the right thing by visiting his estranged son on his birthday, if he wasn't the complete failure he was, he would be able to visit him more regularly and perhaps even be able to see his daughter. But like with so many of these retarded and sick individuals that the Farms have a thread on, the kids are just a prop, bargaining chip or tool for Ralph to use as leverage in one way or the other. If he cared about either child, he would shut his fat mouth, try to act like a real human being and make amends for all he has done and repair the damage (if possible) to everyone he has wronged. He could today, right now, choose to make himself into more of a real man and a great father and if he did take that path, maybe by the grace of god, his children's mothers will see he actually changed for the better and allow him to reconnect and have a meaningful relationship with his children.
But it won't ever happen, cause Ralph is Ralph and his course in life is set. He will always be the nasty slob and worthless pig that he has chosen to be. In Ethan Ralph's world, only Ethan Ralph is important, everyone else ultimately means nothing to him when push comes to shove. The documented history of all the things he has done and said shows that is the way it is. In spades.
In a very small way I feel sorry for him because whatever happened to him when he was a child and in his formative years really made him into the "man" he is today. Like his own children, he was just an innocent who happened to have parent(s) that fucked him over royally and ensured that as an adult he would not be a valued and functioning member of society. He didn't ask for it, he didn't want it, but that was his lot in life sadly and like many children who grow up in a shitty environment or broken home, his brain got all kinds of fucked from it and it surely played a role in the development of the failure and loser he has become as an adult.
At least his children don't have his influence and presence in their life so good chance they will turn out better. Daughter should be good, not sure about the son given he still can see him and the maternal side of his son's family is all kinds of crazy too.
tl;dr: Nice to cut ER some slack, but he doesn't deserve it.
Honestly Ralph's persistent attempts of appearing like a caring father to his kid is more pathetic than anything. If he truly gave a fuck about Xander and Rosie he'd actually try and get his life in order so he could become a more active part in the life of BOTH his children instead of using his supervised visitation as a publicity stunt. It's easy to say you love your kids when you only have to spend a few hours with them every month. That's not being a father, Ethan.
EXACTLY! 100% agreed. That is the crux of it.
Ralph would rather be a fat slob shooting his mouth off on the Internet trying to impress a handful of people that he is some badass dude when a real man and human being would be focused on regaining a meaningful relationship with their children, that they lost as a result of being said fat slob.
