If this is true, holy shit. I once dated a woman 16 years older than I was, I was 26. She had 4 kids ranging from 8, 17, 19, 20. I never attempted to parent the older 3 kids, and they never asked me my age; it was an unspoken agreement. I did parent the 8 year old. The older kids asked for my help a handful of times over the 7 years I was a part of their family, and I happily helped them and stepped up when I could. They were shocked I helped. I was like look, I’m not your parent, I’m not gonna tell you how to live your life, but you are still family and I got your back.
In retrospect, it was a pretty unhealthy relationship, but I was dumb in many ways in my 20s.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
What should you do? Become president of France. Problem solved.
TheYojimbo@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I mean, first you have to know eachother since you were 14, your parents change you schools because her comportment is being problematic but she finds you anyway… Then you can lie about being neither left nor right while pandering to the alt right, and only then you get to be president.
loutr@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Very important step: be scouted out by the financial elite early on, then have them groom you every step of the way.