r/Millennials • • 9h ago

Discussion Are you tired yet?

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u/sipstea84 8h ago

Since I was 15.

Yet my parents think I'm a lazy piece of shit because I don't own a house as a 40 year old single mom. The "starter" homes in my area are like 500k.

I'm honestly exhausted.

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u/stegotortise 8h ago

I am not a single mom, but I am a mom, and I honest to god have NO IDEA how you guys do it. Hats off to you. 🫡

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u/Scary-Friend-5494 8h ago edited 7h ago

Right?! I see my sister doing it solo without help from the dad what so ever and damn I don’t see how she does it. Works full time with OT daily takes them to school helps them with homework cooks dinner all the time every day.

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u/sipstea84 7h ago

This is me. Every few years my kid's dad sobers up long enough to tap out a rage text about what a piece of shit I am for not letting him be a father (literally never did anything to stop him, told him to file for custody and let a judge decide if he's fit to care for a child). Like bro, I'm too tired for this. I'm the one who is supposed to be mad. You have no responsibilities, pay no child support and there are zero expectations on you. Why are you even this mad at 11am on a Tuesday?

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u/Significant-Trash632 6h ago

He's got nothing better to do, probably.

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u/aghastamok 39m ago

this mad

It's not a particular time, it's just when the shame built up so much it had to burst out, but he doesn't have the emotional skills or honesty to let it be shame. So it came out in the form most natural to him.

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u/_le_slap 10m ago

I could never fathom the indignity of being an absentee father due to alcoholism...

If the realization that you have abandoned your child in favor of a bottle doesn't sober you up... just stop producing CO2