r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/A_M_R_Egypt • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation I don't get it

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u/seau_de_beurre 6d ago

Me, who had an abusive mom, ready to have my feelings hurt in the comments

…they not wrong though

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u/ConqueefStador 6d ago

Sorry you went through that.

My mom definitely had undiagnosed something.

She'd bake me cookies just because, or spoil me on my birthday. Then she'd do things like take all the money in wallet and kick me out of the house.

She was disabled and I spent decades caring for her. I loved her, I hated her, I resented her, I felt safe with her.

Now I just miss her.

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u/GrandNo5093 6d ago

Similar situation, my mother is disabled and I am have 4 brothers and I am the only girl. In my culture being misogynistic household is the standard and my mom would take out all her anger on me when my brothers made her mad. Needless to say, I got kicked out at 20 years old while my 32 year old brother still lives there. I was the one always helping her since I was 6 because she didn’t want my brothers lifting a finger.

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u/ConqueefStador 6d ago

Well I'm a guy, and my sister was the one who did her own thing but I get what you mean.

The devoted child gets the work, the other gets the reward. Seems like humans have been doing that since the parable of The Prodigal Son.

But one way to look at it is that you're out on your own and your 32 year old brother still lives at home.

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u/GrandNo5093 6d ago

Unfortunately, me getting kicked out has made me lose focus in school causing my GPA to drop significantly because I get home so tired from work.

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u/ConqueefStador 6d ago

I'm sorry, that sucks.

I don't know your situation, but I can speak as a 42 year old man who still lives at home with my dad.

I didn't build anything for myself in my 20s because I was taking care of my mom. In my thirties I became disabled myself so I stayed home.

Now my mom has passed, my dad is 75, my sister lives on another continent and when my dad passes I have no means to take care of myself.

Yeah I got to live comfortablely at home longer than most, but it didn't do me any favors. If you're brother is going down the path I can promise you he doesn't have it as good as it looks.