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Here's how I fare on that. Each checked box is something I have. [X] "The trick is to have parents", [ ] who are alive, [ ] "who aren't homeless", [ ] who h
by starkparker 4y ago
Here's how I fare on that. Each checked box is something I have.
[X] "The trick is to have parents",
[ ] who are alive,
[ ] "who aren't homeless",
[ ] who have housing that is safe and functional,
[ ] who have room for you not already occupied by other family members in greater need,
[ ] who "had a sofa",
[ ] or if they're dead, at least left you with enough money as an equivalent
- klipt 4y agoWho live nearby. If you're an immigrant and your parents live another continent, hard to live on their sofa and then get a new visa to come back.
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- unactionintel 4y agoI'm never sure what to do with this class of comment - it reminds me of guys who say they can't get a girlfriend because they're 5'8". (Also, you forgot people whose parents are able-but-unwilling. This also sometimes makes some things harder than they would be, compared to, say, being given fistfulls of cash each weekend by your rich parents who have a sofa AND a bed.)
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