I genuinely grew up believing that society was going to collapse and that we would all be living in mad max wasteland future by now and like. Yes all of us grew up feeling like we didn't have a future but my upbringing actively told me over and over that The End was coming soon. It's literally doomsday cult shit, but instead of revelations I got peak oil and climate change. And like at the very least those things are real, but the world has not ended, society has not collapsed, and that narrative running through my entire childhood fucked me up bad and left me completely unprepared to function. Like why make any plans? Why have dreams? Why strive for anything in the society we have now when we knew this was coming? But at the same time my parents weren't DOING anything about it. We weren't preppers, we weren't moving to another country, we were just staying put and waiting and worrying, there was always an immediate reason we couldn't act but a long term view of the world that said disaster was coming soon. And at the same time extreme pressure to achieve, because there was this sense that time was running out, money was running out, that I would only ever be safe if I was able to get good grades and degrees and a career that paid well.
I have no point to this post exactly except that I'm still just sort of astounded that that's how I grew up
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I guess I had no chance of developing an ability to make a decision with parents like mine... my mom's birthday was last Tuesday and I haven't had a chance to see her to celebrate and give her a gift yet, and since it's also Father's Day today I called them last night to ask them what they want to do, myself leaning towards taking them out for dinner today unless they'd prefer to come to my house or me to visit them at camp. What follows is a condensed version of our conversation; there was a lot more back and forth-
Me: Let me know what you want to do.
Mom: I'll let you talk to dad and see what he wants to do.
Dad: I'll let you and mom decide.
Mom: Let me know what you want to do.
Me: I'm trying to celebrate the two of you, we can eat wherever you want!
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