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Let me tell you my financial story when my father sued me!



As any 3rd world country male, my father was a usual one from these men who wouldnt like to see a woman become independant, economically or even educationally.

Once i was graduated, instead of getting proud, he felt insecured from my success.

One time he told me " when a woman has her own money she becomes a bad woman"

That was just after getting hired in a good paying position, a normal prespective of bad men who know that no woman, no one, would need them or be there for them if it wasnt for their money.

Few months later, he sued me, despite of already being totally financially independant.

He sued all of us, saying that it was because of our mother !

No matter how a man is well educated, the isecurity from a woman stays in their DNA.

He used to say in his work an Egyptian slang " El mafelles ghalab el-hekoma" means, the broken people defeated the government

As he was a taxes lawyer, that was part of his work to go through paying taxes.

Which was the same rule that i followed.

Having zero amount in my bank account and credit card, made suing me just got against his will.

He couldnt prove that i have money so i should pay for my whole spendings ( which was already the fact) plus, the following step would be paying him as well, as the Egyptian law , states that the sons or daughters if they are financially stable so they should pay for their retired or poor parents Which he wanted to use against me just to fullfill his insecurities from financially stable women!

Now after his death, that i started to check my financial stability, so that i can travel, lead my life, take any further step that requires a bank statement.

Here, i just took a look back in my past fours years or even more in my life, since 2022.

I really find out how i could be consistent on something and that everyone should have legal knowledge not only to protect themselves but also to let their enemies fail by themselves against themselves.

His insecurity started to appeare in 2019 when i had my L.L.M. degree, that he created a reason to threat by not giving me money. And I didnt care as i already had a job. So he started to plan how to make me spend all my money, when it got obvious by 2021, by trying to prove legally that i am financially stable and i must pay my parents, considering that he was in a very good financial state.

Actually, it wasnt only about me, it was about women, as he wanted to win in all directions, as he sued my mother, me, my 3 brothers. So he could make all of us controlled by his narcissim; my mother, whether she had to keep the family together and be humilated by her existance with us, or leave and feel his financial importance and ve away from her kids, me by not benig financially secured, my brothers who were still studying, by accepting his narcisitic actions or not being able to finance their studies or even their lives.

Neverthless, his network and the corruption made his mental issues seem a normal thing.

However, knowing that he cant reach his goal if he cant prove our finacial stability , made me break that cycle that could end to that male superiority issue.

Its never easy to have zero bank account, but would be never be easy to have serious mental nervous issues win any game.


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