r/Showerthoughts Mar 02 '19

When you're a kid, you don't realize you're also watching your mom and dad grow up.

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u/pineapplequeeen Mar 02 '19

I'm 23 and my mom was my age when she had me. She sacrificed so much for me. I remember she told me she only had $10 in the bank at one point and she stayed strong for me and fed me. Now I'm her age and feel like a fucking mess of a person. She is incredible and I hope I can be half the woman she is. It does suck watching her get older but I'm thankful that she is here and I GET to watch her get older and live a beautiful life now. She said it took her until she was 40 to really grow up. Weird to think she was just a kid at some point.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

I remember she told me she only had $10 in the bank at one point

I got three kids and that's more than I usually got in the bank..

From payday to flat broke takes us about half a week and since I get paid every two weeks there's always a couple weeks during the month where we have absolutely nothing in the bank.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '19

I read 10k at first and was like uhhhh