Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Country living.

I interviewed my boyfriend, Ryan. He grew up in Rossiter, PA. Its a small town over the hill from Punxsy. Its even smaller than Punxsy, believe it or not. Some of his family live their. Majority of the population in Rossiter are rest homers. There are about 5 rest homes in that town and two of them are on the street that he use to live on. They walk around like zombies. There is only one little store, so people basically shop in Punxsy.
While growing up in Rossiter, Ryan played with his older brother and sister. They would play with other kids in the town but his mom was too protective. Back then Rossiter was a very violent place. They have to trick or treat in the day light now, reason being is that a long time ago the older kids would beat up the littler kids for their candy. So, Ryan didn't go trick or treating in Rossiter that much, he went in Punxsy at night time. Him and his brother would ride bikes on the street, walk in the woods, skateboard, and wrestle. He was always out side. He didn't play video games that much or even watch TV.
Every weekend he would go with his dad. His mom and dad are not together. He would spend his weekends working on his dirt bike or hunting with his dad. He has a very close relationship with his dad. When he would be at his dads so would his half sister. He considered her to be his sibling more than his older ones. She was younger and didn't follow what others were doing like his older brother and sister.
Ryan was the only kid to graduate high school. His brother and sister dropped out and had kids and a very young age. His brother cuts meat for a living, has three kids and lives with his girl friend. His sister has two kids and doesn't have a job, basically lives on welfare and her kids child support. Ryan has his own house, works at a high end gas well company and does all the good that he can to do better than his siblings. His dad effected his life in a positive way it seems. He looked up to his dad and learned from his mistakes.  

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