• Iwishiwasntthisway [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      More than half of people under 30 live with their parents now.

      And I’m not saying that’s necessary a bad thing, that’s a norm in most parts of the world. But we aren’t really socialized that way. People are living at home with parents who harangue them daily about not getting a good enough job and who aren’t planning on leaving their home to their children.

      • RoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        6 months ago

        My dad would constantly call me “loser” and other deprecating shit when I was still living with him and my mom in my early 20s. Even when i was making pretty good dough (but still not enough to live on my own) and was paying them a few hundred dollars a month, buying all my own food and paying 100% of the Internet bill.

        I don’t miss that at all. I feel for people who have no choice but to be in that predicament.

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          Parents! They can’t in good conscience let you die, but they sure as hell will make you wish you were. Most parents seem to behave with such resentment towards their children, especially the adult children falling victim to the system the parents created.

          Glad you were able to get out of that situation.