• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    103·
    17 hours ago

    Man, it is very rare to want a greentext to be real as much as I want this one to be. I’m going to pretend it is, even if it isn’t. Because holy fuck, does the world need people like that.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 hours ago

      It makes me sad that for every person like this anon, there are hundreds of people doing pretty much the opposite.

      Good on you anon, you deserve all the good karma.

    • RandomVideos
      6·
      5 hours ago

      My father has worked in a different country than the one i live in for longer than i was alive.

      I have seen people cry when talking about their divorced parents

      Which parent is missing doesnt matter

      Are you saying that my experience and the experience of people with a single parent are wrong?

    • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      6·
      6 hours ago

      I won’t deny that there are elements of a mildly conservative worldview in the post (mentioning the necessity of a “stable male figure”), but you go way overboard with your interpretation. If the post really was in line with such ideas, I wouldn’t have posted it here.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
      52·
      13 hours ago

      Man. I’m a single mom. It be like that sometimes.

      Not the whole “you need a man around”-thing. It’s a single-parent thing. It’s hard as fuck to do all the work yourself and not have someone to help out when you may be at your limit.

      Not to mention single-parent households deal more with poverty, housing insecurity, poor mental health, overworking, etc.

      I watched it happen to a lot of my friends growing up. It’s fucking rough.

      It’s not every case, but it can be a lot.

      • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
        23·
        8 hours ago

        I’m a married parent now, and grew up with a single mom.

        I have no idea how she fucking did it. Seriously. She worked a retail job, maintained an acreage and raised two kids. I can’t even imagine doing half that on my own let alone on less than half the income I make now.

        Ya did good, mama. Ya did real good. I ended up with a graduate degree, make decent money, and have a stable household to raise my boys.

        Thanks, mom