It’s so sad

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netBanned
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      2 years ago

      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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          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.