Not sure if they do it deliberately, but there’s like this sorta expectation to sympathize with parents who despite being poor still have children. Didn’t they make a CHOICE though? Do you think they should be solely responsible for making it?

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      Some people would argue that If they haven’t considered the change of circumstances then that’s still on them. I guess they should have considered the possibility of losing their job and planned for a nice cushy buffer in advance

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        Do you have a nice cushy buffer right now?

        If you don’t, why haven’t you considered that a change of circumstance can happen to you? Why haven’t you planned for every single possible bad thing that can happen in your life? You should be 100% prepared for anything life throws at you at any given moment, right?

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          Ima be fine without 2 of my jobs for at least a couple of months and even I feel insecure at times and they are walking the fence where there’s lava of consequences from boths sides of it. Brrr, scary. I’d much rather make the platform as wide as I can before even starting walking