• BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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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.