#had to move etc etc.... now im low income and rely on food stamps and ssi ✌️ but thats mostly bc im disabled so | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

snekdood · 4 days ago

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i feel weird even claiming my family used to be considered "rich" bc a lot of yall immediately jump to having summer homes, 20 yachts, and enough money to save a country

#not gonna act like we weren't well off... ofc we were but like.... we werent on THAT level nearly at all #more of a country club... goes on a lot of vacations.... has a decently sized house with a pool... kinda rich #which is still rich dont get me wrong but i promise i wasnt living like fucking. kim kardashian or whatever ok #we didnt have a fuckin walk-in-fridge or 20 unused empty rooms #i say this bc ppl end up surprised when i tell them im not anymore like 'how' well its a lot of things like the housing market crash #my parents getting a divorce my dad being the one with the job that my moms dad gave to him that was making him all the money #and my grandpa passed not long after i was born so when they split up we were just going off of whatever he left really for a while #had to move etc etc.... now im low income and rely on food stamps and ssi ✌️ but thats mostly bc im disabled so #kinda necessarily low income bc the govt only wants to pay the very bare minimum that they can.#its also- not my money! i dont get to decide what happens to it and i dont get to decide i get nice things or whatever. that all hinges #on if my mom or gma wants to.#so technically even if you wanted to consider them rich still- its not part of me atp bc its not even my money and im an adult #whos not legally dependent on them anymore. i think it only counts if its *your* actual money or if your parent is okay with dishing #out like a 1000 dollars a month like its nothing. completely unfazed by giving it to you.#its not rich if its conditional ok like... children of rich parents arent rich and i will die on this hill. why do you think so many of the #end up fucked up? not only is it bc they've had ppl basically doing everything for them their whole life so they dont know how to take #care of themselves they're also entirely dependent on the parent for money. when you feel controlled like that- even if your parent isnt #necessarily abusive about it- just the fact everything you do hinges on the approval of your parent- kinda fucks you up and makes #you feel like you're stuck being a forever child. not great for people who probably want to go out in the world and date to feel #like you cant escape being dependent on your parents

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