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How much do you know about your parent's life around the age you are now? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 9 months ago by Sensitivezombie to c/[email protected]

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Besides that my parents lived a world apart around the age I am now, I honestly don't know what their life was like.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My older half brother was recently born. Dad was recently a horse farmer studying to be an engineer and mom was a recent HS grad (big age gap). Dad cheated on his ex wife to be with my mom. Unfortunately, there was a lot of violence in central America at this time so they decided to uproot and flee to live in Texas. They lived in a house with 4 families. My brother and I are born. Mom was a bus driver and a house maid, dad washed dishes and delivered newspapers. They only ate top ramen and soup to save every penny they can get to send money back to central america. Family gets involved with MS13, they have to move again and change identity. Luckily they saved enough to live in small town in Arizona. They recently started taking ESL classes so they can fit in but they only spoke spanish. Mom opens up small business selling novelty goods, dad gets good job at a newspaper. For them, everything was work or family at this time of their life. They never went on vacations or went to amusement parks or any of that. They barely ate out. They kept life minimal.

I feel like I have an okay understanding of their life and situation at this age. Everyone here is making stories to show how it's not possible to live the same life for some reason. My parents story is like the same as every Hispanic immigrant.