My condolences to their son. Full thread if you want to feel bad for their children: https://twitter.com/herong/status/1515846706394501123?s=21

  • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    My mom told me I was a mooch for accepting sweet, sweet FAFSA money totaling like $1500 a year when I went back to school. This same woman filed for bankruptcy years ago but made sure she maxed out her credit cards buying scuba gear and kitchenware.

    • Neckbeard_Prime [they/them,he/him]
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      3 years ago

      When I turned 18, my mom got me a birthday cake with the words "CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATE, NOW GET THE FUCK OUT" on it and gave me a cheap luggage set. Like, OK, yeah, it's a tongue-in-cheek joke, I get it, yadda yadda, but you can't pull that shit after spending my whole life being a distant narcissist flake and not expect me to find it in really shitty taste.

      It took until my mid 20s before I realized that people weren't just constantly trash-talking assholes to one another by default, and I'm still deprogramming myself because I don't want my kid to come out as some kind of earthly avatar of an ancient Sumerian sarcasm deity.

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Mine moved in with her new boyfriend and I spent about 6 months couch hopping or sometimes sleeping under a bush because the job I was working didn't pay nearly enough to get an apartment and my car had broken down.