Okay, a little background on my brother, beacause some people dont understand how he can be military and not have money. I dident wanna get into the whole "story of his life thing cus I was not looking for pitty, just help... but I guess to clear a few things I will tell.
My Brother is young, 23 (almost 24) He was an average boy who got into trouble and showed NO responsibility when he was younger - hence LOTS of bills and no payments.... Finally in 07 (I think) he decided to join the military out of the blue, NONE of us (sadly) thought he could shed the 60plus pounds and get thru boot camp...he suprised us ALL... maybe NOW he is fianlly getting is life straight... NOT... shortly after he married a girl he had a crush on since he was younger (she to joined the military for a SHORT period), they were both in 2 seperate countries when she got preg (obviously not his) and, Because of some other issues the military is still paying her for being his "wife" and is working thru THAT issue right now...
He met a filipino Woman while stationed in Korea 2 years ago and totally changed, He became what we all had hoped, i guess being stationed away from home & falling in love will do that. He began taking care of financial issues and then found out he was having a baby... FUN FUN... he was shortly after deployed from korea (home to states for 2 weeks) then to afganastan where he is now and was while his only child, a son was born in Korea. He has yet to even hold his son... So NOW we come to a point in his story where he is TRYING to do the right thing, military is paying his Ex $ and he is giving what he can to debt and to his baby. He is not just off waisting his money...
I know he does NOT make a whole lot as his US home is between here & Maryland with his father, and when hes on leave he sits for hours figureing bills and stuff out.
It is hard for him to ask me for anything because i have supported his dumb ... from the time he was 14-19 and still.... He is my baby brother 10 years younger - my ONLY sibling, and is in a situation where he cant afford a thing... and for some reason he only gets access to cash once a month (im asking him why as soon as i talk to him as someone else asked why he dosent have it 2x a month) so this is why I am asking for help...
I told him I quit smoking, he did not believe me, and about a week ago he called me and had talked to my mom & step dad (who i got into the e-cigs too). They told him I hadent smoked a single real cig in 2 months and he just could NOT beleave it (i was at 2 packs a day of full flavors when i quit) They told him how they slowed day too... Well he asked me if I could PLEASE help him, he is going to be going home to that baby in a few months and said he does NOT want to smoke.... I could tell by his voice he was serious, I would buy everything myself, but i am a NON-welfare mom who raises 6 kids, my bf is a "stay at home dad" while i run my small business... we do enough to get by okay but not to buy all the supplies along the e cigs to give him... I just want to help him get going.... Then he can go from there, we all know the most expensive part of doing the switch is the cost....
