Children who grew up teaching themselves because nobody had time to teach them often become adults who are extraordinarily competent and quietly resentful that their independence was born from neglect rather than choice
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The skills that make you the person everyone relies on might be the same ones that quietly remind you nobody showed up when you needed them to.

Does anyone else see themselves in this article?

  • Banana@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    33·
    27 days ago

    Forcing him to do physical labour is a dick move if you’re 35. Your dad offering because he wants you to be safe and enjoys doing it? How is allowing him to do that a dick move? Sounds like the anger is coming from an assumption here.

    I’m sure you have more examples, there are a lot of people out there that aren’t very independent, I just don’t think this was a good example because of that assumption. Also your language makes you sound bitter, which doesn’t help your case.

    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      27 days ago

      No, it’s coming from experience of dealing with people like this for years now. Who are enabled by a society that rewards victimhood and self-pity rather than shaming it.