Sacrifices

Getting my education, I've always thought, was something I do for myself. Why can't I get the support I need for goinging back? He tells me that it's not worth the sacrifice of my time to him. That it's not "fair" to the family that I'd be gone from home. That I get too "uppity". That he should get something out of it. Those are some of the most absurd things I've ever heard. He says the only way I can go back is if in 3 years I make big bucks so he can have "more". I asked him if he was not happy with everything we already have; he said he wants more. He has his custom Harley and his fancy Cadi Deville and he still wants more. Life is not about the material things. I'm not going to go back to school for that. Education is for yourself. You don't do it for someone else. He says I'm selfish for saying that. I don't get it. Am I being too selfish to see? You educate yourself to better yourself. Whether you're in the classroom or out in the world, education is worth the sacrifice. It is to me. And I don't care what he says about it. It just makes things harder though...he left me the first time I went back. He thought he would be the teacher and teach me that I couldn't make it without him. That he was right and I was wrong. If he walks out that door, so be it. And if I have to go back to work for 40 hours a week to go to school full time, then that is what I am going to do. That is a sacrifice I have made before and will make again. It's worth it to me.