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CountAllVotes

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7. Sad situation at best

Reply to FirstLight (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2025, 02:48 PM

Feb 3

When I was 21 years old, I was on my own and working a full-time job on the graveyard shift in downtown San Francisco. No one bailed me out, no one!
Spoiled kiddies you have there. Do not continue to enable them is my advice. 😬

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Can I rant about my ungrateful (adult) child...? [View all] FirstLight Feb 3 OP

CPS! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 3 #1

it's coming...I wanna give them a minute to get settled and maybe then they wont know it's me, but yea... FirstLight Feb 3 #2

If anyone can give him thumps on his head, it's YOU. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 3 #3

I basically told hm I'm blocking his messages... FirstLight Feb 3 #4

A very good start! Too bad he didn't learn those lessons when he was younger. nt CaliforniaPeggy Feb 3 #5

I'm still in therapy for all the years of my own stuff I carried when they were growing up... FirstLight Feb 3 #6

Sad situation at best CountAllVotes Feb 3 #7

Times are definitely more difficult for this generation, however FirstLight Feb 3 #8