• Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Also feeds into the boomer narrative that their children exist to support them when they get old

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        3 months ago

        Lol uhhhh you are in for a rude awakening when you get old. (I’m implying your kids are 100% going to abandon you to die alone because only a asshole would comment something so stupid.)

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        3 months ago

        They can support you when you’re older, but you’re not entitled to that. It’s their choice.

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            3 months ago

            Not really, my dad’s a jackass and I don’t owe him anything.
            I understand why some people support their aging parents, I also can understand when they don’t.
            Like most things, it’s a matter of consent.

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              3 months ago

              That’s totally fair and you’re right. My mistake is assuming people are good parents and that their children love them.

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                3 months ago

                No worries, it’s not easy to imagine that kind of thing if you have a good relationship with your parents.

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                3 months ago

                This is an article about an Olympian whose parents, both birth parents, failed her and her sister. They focused on drugs/alcohol instead of being a parent.

                I wouldn’t want anything to do with her mom either. Her grandparents were her caregivers growing up. They should get love from her. They raised her.