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[โ€“] zifnab25@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

my kids became adults, realized im a shit human, and now i can't see my grandbabies!

I mean, I wish this was more the case. But as often as not, its simply because the Millennial generation has needed to move across the country to find good work. I know more than a few chud grandparents who get plenty of grandkid time purely on the basis of free childcare being worth its weight in gold. I know more than a few based woke grandparents who never see their grandkids simply because they live on the east coast and the grandkids live out west. Increasingly, you'll see grandparents move halfway across the country to be closer to family. Or you'll see kids moving back in and forming extended households, entirely because of the cost of real estate.

Even the worst politics can be forgivable, even the best negligible, when material conditions are a concern.