• BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
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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

          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.

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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.