• Baggins [he/him]
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    993 months ago

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

    • Noble Shift
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      613 months ago

      That notion is centuries older than America, let alone Boomers my friend.

      • @NatakuNox
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        143 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.)

      • @[email protected]
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        123 months ago

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

        • @systemglitch
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          -73 months ago

          Shows how unhealthy our society has become when people say that in earnest.

          • @[email protected]
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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.

            • @systemglitch
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              23 months ago

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

              • @[email protected]
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                23 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.

              • @[email protected]
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                23 months ago

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