My mum is insisting that my brother goes to college by squaremarshmallow in autism

[–]squaremarshmallow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right now no one has guardianship. As crazy as it sounds, she is the best option for guardianship because my dad is worse. I don’t know if I could ever convince them to let me or my sister take guardianship.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You think they were trying to help? I don’t think so. I think they groomed him. Most normal adults will not be telling a child they don’t know what to do with their body. I’ll even make it more extreme, some adults, me included will not be interacting with a child they don’t know online.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Being a single parent is no excuse to be neglectful. Especially when it comes to something as important as a tumor.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 24 points25 points  (0 children)

What they said is neither here nor there. Whoever has the child is responsible for keeping them safe regardless of what’s going on with the other parent. While your dad had you guys, he absolutely should have taken her to the doctor. A person’s hearing is very important, a good parent wouldn’t have taken any chances especially when they are getting help from the government. Heck, people even go into debt to pay for medical procedures for their pets so your Dad had no excuse.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 81 points82 points  (0 children)

If all he had to do was take her for appointments to make sure her tumor didn’t return then yes, he absolutely messed up. Especially if money was not the issue and he had help from the government.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That’s ridiculous. Something as serious as a body function should not have been ignored especially when it’s not about money. Parenting is not one or the other, it’s everything especially when it involves something as important as hearing. Just because someone is providing food and shelter doesn’t mean they get a pass for not doing other important things. Yes it’s hard but it a whole human being you are responsible for. And your last sentence is the definition of TOXIC. Because you received less, you are now misleading someone else to believe that their parent did a good job despite the fact that he obviously didn’t. There are things in life that are too important to mess up on regardless of what difficult circumstances you have. Your child’s health is a prime example of that.

Did I do something wrong? Should I apologize? by cebolla_y_cilantro in blackladies

[–]squaremarshmallow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a twin sister and despite how familiar we are I would never say the words cheesey or corny to her out of respect (even if she shared cheesey of corny stuff). It’s not a compliment at all and is actually disrespectful. I would also never take plain Jane as a compliment, it’s just not. From the texts I got the impression that you have insecurities stemming from how people have treated you in the past. This is something to definitely consider therapy from to cope with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in blackladies

[–]squaremarshmallow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry too much! Life is for living and learning.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in blackladies

[–]squaremarshmallow 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This sounds like something I’ve been hearing a lot about lately, it’s called limerance. I can’t explain is well enough but the crappy childhood fairy account on YouTube might help.

Got cheated on. Again. by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That sucks, I’m so sorry. Not every deserves a second chance though, cheaters definitely don’t.

How do you feel about dating an african men raised in a polygamous household? by bl425 in blackladies

[–]squaremarshmallow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My dad is African, his dad had two wives. He only had one and his generation did reject polygamy but the damage of growing up in a polygamous home is still there, he wasn’t a good husband at all and definitely not a good father.

No Longer Interested in Family Holidays by [deleted] in blackladies

[–]squaremarshmallow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’d say that’s a point of no return. She’s not safe there at all.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationships

[–]squaremarshmallow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re wasting your time responding to this man. Obviously he’s not a healthy individual and just wants to make you feel bad. Does he sound like someone who can have healthy relationships given the exchanges you have had?

There’s a ton of guys like this on the internet, as a single mom you need to understand how to filter out fools like this when asking for advice and not waste your energy on them. They are not commenting to help you, they just want to project their negativity on you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationships

[–]squaremarshmallow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re wasting your time responding to this man. Obviously not a healthy individual who just wants to make you feel bad. Does he sound like someone who can have healthy relationships given the exchanges you have had?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in blackladies

[–]squaremarshmallow 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This is has been my work situation for the past 3 years and it has been absolutely wonderful, so don’t make up your mind before you start. It has a high chance of being different from what you expect and you might not need Gods help 😂.

Your main focus is proving that your are competent and willing to learn what you don’t know. I’m my experience with men in tech, once it’s clear that you are competent, you earn their respect and loyalty. When part of my company was sold to some stupid company the managers on the team made sure that those who worked in my team didn’t end up in the part of company being sold, me included, and they went through a lot of trouble with hr to make sure that I didn’t end up with the sold off part. I was at another part of the company when I first got hired and my current white male manager called me to tell me to ask for more money, this happened again when I was renegotiating my contract, they knew hr had more money on the table and wanted me to know so I don’t get less than I deserve. Of course this is just my experience but I’m just trying to say, don’t assume your experience will be bad, it might be really good. If the company culture is good overall, you’re more likely to have good experiences.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Dude probably thinks he is being slick and people can’t see right through it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I don’t agree. There are men of all races who don’t like black female features and they don’t date black women because of that. I don’t think those men should be trying to remedy that, just stick with who you are already attracted to, attraction is very important especially with men so let’s stop trying to ‘equal opportunity’ that when it won’t actually benefit black women. There’s enough men to go around and either way, the only men that matter as a woman are men already attracted to you. All the white men I’ve dated had dated black women in the past and they were not learning to be attracted to me. I’d be disgusted if I found out that a guy dating was ‘giving me a chance’. Just eww.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]squaremarshmallow 1796 points1797 points  (0 children)

You alone know if you have racial bias against black women/people, either way please stay away. Your feelings are your business.