No reason to feel shame. $500 is nothing.

I borrowed plenty from my parents while I was in the military. If my pops ever came to me, and that day will come, I'd clean out my bank accounts for him

He taught me well not just in morals, discipline, honor, ect. But he taught me one thing that really stuck with me. When he gave me my first $5 in chore allowance he said "That what you hold in your hands will only be worth $1. Invest it wisely." I had one goal then, to save up for a Super Nintendo Was 9y/o at the time. I got that SNES and then the Nintendo 64 came out and the SNES was reduced to $50-75 that I paid $150 for.

Gonna stop, this has nothing to do with the thread lol. Sorry.