It's weird how people paint "daddy issues" and even "mommy issues" as, like, a joke or a failure on part of the person who has those issues, rather than recognizing that daddy and mommy issues stem, for so many people, from abuse. What this all is is just abuse apologia, and nobody seems to either notice or maybe even care.
When somebody with daddy or mommy issues opens up about the "why," I can't ever seem to shake the fact that they tend to have gone through a ton of abuse and bullshit as a child. It's just crazy that other people would look at that and see a joke or a failure of the once-child who was abused.
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So I got a survey in the mail from Veteran's Affairs today asking me how the Transition Assistance Program (TAP)* could possibly be improved. I had to brace myself against the kitchen counter and full-belly cackle a solid 30 seconds after reading that, because oh? My god? I medically retired at the HEIGHT of the pandemic. WHAT ASSISTANCE. NO REALLY. THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER GETTING MY LAST DENTAL WORK HANDLED, WHICH IS A LITERAL REQUIREMENT FOR RETIRING. They fucking handwaved SO MUCH of the requirements just to get me out faster!
God. TAP is a goddamn joke. I've been in survival mode every minute of every day since retiring 3 years ago, and the best I've gotten out of the VA is a surprise upgrade to 100% disability pay and a few voicemails suggesting I should get a pap smear. Fuck off.
*TAP is for transitioning out of the military, not for transing your gender. It is still very weird to me, somebody who signed up a solid 2 years before DADT was repealed, to get pro-LGBT+ e-mails from the VA. Very cool! But very weird.
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and we're back with another thrilling episode (lol) of our favourite show: everyone hates me everyone hates me everyone hates me everyone hates me everyone hates me everyone hates me everyone hates me everyone hate
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"you'll need a doctors note" or what. or WHAT. you're gonna fire me. when i'm clearly a valuable worker and youre hemorrhaging employees constantly and you won't even pay me fairly to train new employees. sure. fire me. i'm sure burger king would be happy to have me
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