It’s so sad

  • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    “my kids became adults, realized im a shit human, and now i can’t see my grandbabies! and that angers the narcissist in me because I only had children for selfish reasons.”

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      my kids became adults, realized im a shit human, and now i can’t see my grandbabies!

      I mean, I wish this was more the case. But as often as not, its simply because the Millennial generation has needed to move across the country to find good work. I know more than a few chud grandparents who get plenty of grandkid time purely on the basis of free childcare being worth its weight in gold. I know more than a few based woke grandparents who never see their grandkids simply because they live on the east coast and the grandkids live out west. Increasingly, you’ll see grandparents move halfway across the country to be closer to family. Or you’ll see kids moving back in and forming extended households, entirely because of the cost of real estate.

      Even the worst politics can be forgivable, even the best negligible, when material conditions are a concern.

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        i was just working off the meme and the grandparent who made that probably is a shit person if they have to “make up” with their kids. Obviously there are other reasons a grandparent can’t see their kid for valid or geographical reasons. My own parents are stupid as fuck conservative catholics but they aren’t complete twats about it so they see their grandkids and kids with no problems. Their debates they would have with me(the only commie) would anger me in the past, but now it just makes me laugh.

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          the grandparent who made that

          Idk, man. That could easily have been cooked up in Ben Shapiro’s basement.

          My own parents are stupid as fuck conservative catholics but they aren’t complete twats about it so they see their grandkids and kids with no problems.

          That’s generally the norm. Political views vary but families tend to stick together purely because they know and empathize with one another more than phantom third parties that they pretend their personal politics impacts.