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Our world is remarkably diverse; different cultures, beliefs, religions and unique personalities. Every one of us has an individual life goal, and we enjoy things that some might not even dare to try. 

Nearly 8 billion individuals are currently walking on the same earth, yet you won't find a person identical to you. The same goes for families – they all come in different sizes, structures and environments. 

"When did you realize your family wasn’t like other families?" – this online user turned to one of the most informative subreddits to find out how others discovered that their family was, perhaps, a little atypical. The question has managed to receive just over 2K upvotes and 1.4K worth of comments discussing their relatives. 

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Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When all of my friends wanted to hangout at my house. It was something that I came to appreciate too late in life and with my family I am killing myself to replicate. I may have grown up poor in a wealthy area, but my home was always filled with love and attention from my parents who were good parents. All of my friends spent their teenage years as latch key kids, and always wanted to hangout at my place. I never understood it, and always wanted to get out of the house, but sure enough I was always hanging out with people at my place.

It really struck home for me in my mid twenties when I ran into someone from high school I would hang out with. They almost immediately checked on how my family, made sure my parents were doing good, and stuff like that. I asked about his family and he gave me a brief update and kind of explained how his family was more like friends and my family was more like family. Many of my high school friends found my parents of Facebook and still keep in touch with them. My parents have helped save multiple marriages, give a lot of parenting advice to my old friends, and are god parents to basically a small army.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like you have awesome parents. And I love it that you try to keep the tradition.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered In 9th grade, my friends held an intervention for me after I came into school crying again. They made me go to the counselor.

    They told me to just give some recent examples of stuff my parents said to me.

    After 30 minutes of this, I was crying, of course. But what boggled my mind was that *everyone else* in the room was sobbing too. A half dozen other 15 year old girls, and the 30something school counselor.

    That was the first time I realized that maybe I didn't deserve it when my parents were mean to me.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember sitting with a friend at her kitchen table when we were about 16. We were quietly discussing what we were going to do when we got to go on Senior Skip Day. Her mom came into the kitchen and she asked her mom what she thought about our plans for the day. Her mom gave her opinion on the choices and turned and left the kitchen. I can still remember the look on my face and how wide my mouth dropped open. It wouldn't have mattered one iota that it was a tradition done every year and the staff turned a blind eye to it, there was no way I could discuss anything like that with my parents without severe emotional and/or physical repercussions. Good people but strictly, spare the rod spoil the child; children are to be seen and not heard; do as I say do not as I do; don't talk back to me; I'll give you something to cry about; parents. That someone could talk that openly and trustingly with their parents without fear of reprisal shocked me to my core.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered My dad was a stay at home dad and my mom was the breadwinner. At school whenever I was sick/needed to be picked up/any other issue, they would tell me they would “call Mom” but I would insist they not bother her at work and call my dad who was at home and available to get me. Stay at home dads are rare I guess

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered I remember me and my little sister would have been about 6 and 8. We sat at the top of the stairs, listening to our parents argue, made ourselves dinner and put ourselves to bed.

    And she said ‘it’s like we’re their mummy and daddy’ and that memory breaks my heart a bit.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oof. Not good when 6 and 8 is more mature than 36 & 38 (yes, I picked older ages at random - the point is that the kids are behaving more grown up than the grown ups)

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When my husband told me his mom was the only person that cleaned up while her “boys” went outside after meals.

    I was raised by my parents to do the dishes but also to expect help from everybody in the house. My reproductive parts don’t dictate who cleans. My parents raised three women to say “FU to misogyny”. I have 2 girls and a son now and I made it painfully clear that our children will all know they are more than what his parents raised him to believe.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When my friends wouldn't hide when their parents came home - in fact they'd go greet them.

    To say I was shocked after years of isolation without being in any house but my own is an understatement.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I was at a friend's house and his mother told me to not say the "N" word because it was a bad word to say.

    I didn't know, I had heard it all my life. this was in the late 70's.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm glad you were calmly educated, not shamed or yelled at and really took it to heart. Not always possible, but maybe the best way to work against prejudices.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered Our parents would give my brother and me "the silent treatment":

    They wouldn't speak to us for hours or days at a time, and *never* tell us what they were upset about.

    Their goal was to make us feel guilty and ashamed without ever actually making clear what we had supposedly done wrong.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need exams and training for wannabe parents, licences issued before being able to have children, licences taken away when appropriate.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered All of the arguing. My parents would have all-out screaming matches in front of us, complete with my dad throwing s**t or breaking things (most infamously, an ornate vase that my mom was given by her late grandmother). I was too young to know anything else, and would always end up hiding in my closet with my baby brother until things had cooled off. In hindsight it makes my heart hurt to remember how scared we were.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it is depressing that this behavior gets "normalized" in children.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered My family shows each other love through playful mockery, sarcasm, and arguing loudly about things that don't matter.

    Try doing that as your default when you meet new people.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of the Bored Panda family, and then come along the Americans who often seem lost amongst the joking.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered I was born to a strong, independent single mom. My father passed away of ALS when I was infant. My mom never remarried. I realized from a pretty young age my family situation was not like most. Like my mom treated me more like a friend than a son. She gave serious credence to my opinions and let me do basically whatever I wanted so long as it wasn't illegal or cruel.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Major kudos to all those single parents out there. Your job is hard and tiresome but so many of you do such an amazing job!

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I realized some kids are excited to see their
    Dad come home from work. As opposed to me and my brother going to our rooms and shutting our doors when we heard the garage open

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered My Mom was a hoarder. I hated for my friends and boyfriends to come in my house but her and my step dad insisted. I was treated like trash because everyone knew what a filthy place I lived in. People would say why don’t y’all clean that place up? Well, because hoarders won’t let you clean it up. Every time, we tried, she would throw a huge fit, so we stopped trying.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember many many times being woke up in the early wee hours of the morning, and being outside, regardless of the weather, digging through garbage bags because I made the mistake of trying to clean the house and threw out some minuscule, ridiculous piece of paper that she just HAD TO HAVE IMMEDIATELY! Or her scissors were missing. Or either parent couldn't find something in the hoard and I had to find it for them because I was the oldest and they couldn't find it because I must have touched it. Did I mention I still had to go to school later that day?

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered when I realized that other families tell each other they love each other lmao.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In our family we do not tell each other we love them, if one of us said that then we would assume we are about to confess to some crime or evil deed. Not that we don't love one another, it just does not need to be said.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I stopped homeschooling and I met other kids that weren't afraid of their parents.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered As a kid my friends used to tell me my mom (adopted single no A father) hated me. I never really understood why until I processed the trauma she caused me as an adult. That it wasn't normal to always be blamed for everything, told how much she wished she never adopted me, never being hug loved on or any affection, or A home cooked meal. I thank every day for my Pappaw as he was the only one I felt truly believed in me. I left home at 13 an haven't looked back.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m genuinely so mad and confused. It’s such a massive process to adopt. Like it’s not a last minute decision that you made, you are made completely aware of the responsibilities that fall on you as a parent. If you can live up to that standard, why have kids? Why adopt?

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered The first time was when I heard my friend in college tell his dad he loved him at the end of a phone call. My dad has said it to me maybe three times in my life.

    Real eye-opener was in therapy when I realized I never felt true love or even support or compassion from them. Cutting them off was easy because I was never made to feel like I was allowed to need help from either of my parents after the age of maybe twelve.

    I wish I could empathize with how my wife feels about missing her dad (he died very young). I'm as supportive and helpful as I can be, but I have no strong feelings about the idea of never seeing my parents again.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s very lovely of you to be so supportive to your wife even though you don’t truly understand her feelings, so good on you for that! Hopefully your new family can provide you with lots of love and your cared for

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered My friend talked back to his mom so casually and I thought that she was gonna do something but she didn’t.

    If I talked back to my mom I would’ve gotten the belt

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No belt. Not sure I would want my kids "talking back" - I would rather we just talk with mutual respect.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When a guest or whoever it is joins us for an evening and at some point through the night you look over to them and they're sitting in their seat just staring around the room, a look of confusion and shock on their face while trying to figure out wtf is going on and attempting to make sense of things.

    For context when I say my family I'm including aunties, uncles and cousins. We get together once a week at my grandmother's house and it can get pretty overwhelming if you're not used to it. There's about 30 of us in total. The youngest person is 2 y.o and the eldest is 82

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds like a nightmare to me. I want space, I don't want my extended family all over the place!

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I got to college and most of my friends parents were divorced. That was an eye opener. A lot of people were astounded my parents were still married and a lot assumed they were divorced around the holidays. It was wild coming from my parents who have been together for 40 years and my grandparents who were together for 73.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My daughter says it puts pressure on her to find the "one" since we did.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered We never eat at the dinner table ever

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah it was so rare for me that I still don't eat at the table. Kinda makes me sad

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When my friend’s mom talked to him about something he did wrong instead of smacking him around and getting yelled at.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Growing up I thought every family had “the naughty corner” lol. Still better than be hit

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I found out that it was not normal that all parents drive around their kids, take them to soccer practice, to friends' houses, fetch them at the bus stop when it's cold outside and the next bus takes over 30 minutes to arrive, fetch them at 3 am from a party, things like that. Made me appreciate my parents even more.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents are like this…..except I’m a introvert and barely go anywhere lmao so I’m easy for them. My siblings however…..

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I started my own family. My girlfriends family are all so close ,they always have big birthdays and everyone's there, they call each other and show concern when somethings wrong , they help us out even when we don't ask , even ask me how everything's going in my life and how's work and what not. I never got that from anyone in my family not even a simple" I love you"

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered i can’t remember what he was talking about but when a teacher in middle school said “it’s not like they’re going to announce over the intercom “so and do’s dad is drunk on school premises please send them down to the office” and all the other kids laughed like it was a joke but it was an actual fear of mine

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why in the world would a teacher even say this - especially in front of a class?

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered Around the age of 11. My mother passed away when i was 9 and i found out she had cheated on her husband(my dad)and than she was pregnant with me. (She already had other kids with him) When i was around 4-5 she left him for my biological father(just that kind of selfish jerk with anger issues..) and after she died we had to do DNA test and it turned out the person i loved the most wasn't even my "real" dad.. i can't even imagine how he had to feel. And from that time i wasn't able to see him that much, but the side of family, of my biological father hate me so much(mainly his mother) we had to live here for 2 years and she really did let me know that no one wanted me to be alive and i just ruined everything by being born..

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered Family dinners last no longer than 10 minutes, including holidays.

    Conversations don't really sound genuine and insightful. More like, just acknowledging eachother's existences.

    No natural bonding over anything, everything feels forced.

    Not very inclusive in any degree, just feels like we don't want eachother in our businesses.

    The ever present tension between members that suggests anything could break down in a minute's notice. And they will.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered My parents are exactly like George Costanza’s parents. It’s impossible for either one of them to make it through any story if there is a date, time, location or anything that they might disagree upon and bicker about mid story. When I hear other peoples parents communicate I feel like my brain is getting a massage.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I started socializing with other kids, about kindergarten and forward, I realized that not everyone lives the same way I and my family do. Some had it better. Some were about the same. Some had it worse. Also, when the family gossip and secrets started coming out as I got into my teens, I realized that my family has a lot of skeletons in the closet that I refuse to inherit.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When my friends would meet my family for the first time and go "Okay, your family actually IS weird, you weren't kidding!"

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I never saw a doctor.
    Any serious illness was a reason to be stressed about a bill.

    I spent weekends hanging out in bars with my Dad as a little kid.

    Feeding me on lunch on weekends was something that always took my caregivers by shock and surprise.
    If we went on a day trip lunch was never offered or packed.

    My well-being, and moral compass was rarely considered.

    I'm so glad I'm ending this generational toxicity with my own kids.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a friend whose family was like that. My friend actually broke their ankle, and she never was taken to a Dr, or anywhere. They made some makeshift crutches and she just got by until it was healed.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When I was a kid I would always draw my dad with an angry face. It was weird seeing other people draw everyone happy in their crayon drawings.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered Pretty early. We weren't allowed certain books, TV, movies, or music.

    Anything "unwholesome" was pretty much banned, and I would regularly hang out at friends houses to get round the rules.

    LOTR, CoN, Hardy Boys, Scooby-Doo, Nancy Drew, Boxcar Children, Transformers, He-Man all ok for some reason, but BTTF, Harry Potter, MTG, Pokémon, D&D all verboten.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered No one else's dad liked to sit on the floor by the couch and have their mom rub his head every night.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered Realized that constantly taking international vacations isn’t normal. Used to go on family vacations all the time during the summer, and was shocked that all of my friends usually stay home or at most spend a week in California. We are not super wealthy but we are definitely well-off compared to my friends

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. This is a big thing that stands out and can really tell who you are financially. During my childhood we went abroad 3 times. I know my mom saved a lot to be able to do that (single mom). Same with me now (even though I'm not single) if we take a longer trip with the kids it takes a few years to save up for that. I know some see it as a normal thing to do every year or even twice a year.

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    Someone Wanted To Know: “When Did You Realize Your Family Wasn’t Like Other Families?“, And 30 Delivered When they never picked me from school. I always got picked by other friend's moms or my parents'friends or lately I just go alone.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think once I hit 12, not a single teacher ever saw my parents at a Parent/Teacher night, and they never attended band concerts or plays. If we didn’t live down the street from the school, I wouldn’t have been able to participate in clubs. I was responsible for getting myself up and to school, make sure I’d eaten breakfast (didn’t ever), had lunch or lunch money (rarely), and kept up with homework from basically age 8 on. Mind you, my mom was a single mother for a while so it’s not like she didn’t care, but she was generally “too tired” for my extra curriculars once I was able to get myself to and from them. Dad lived in another town, so it was hard for him o be there. Lol, and my mom wonders why I ended up so independent later in life. I’ve never even thought to ask anyone for help.

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