Most of the people I know have really great kids that do all the same sorts of things we did a generation ago as in work hard, buy houses, fall in love,
get married, etc., etc.
They may not do them quite the same way, but I don't encounter a lot of shithead youth in my snowglobe.
However, I have a cousin who used to post here as DropKickMurphy and he is like a brother to me. Born 3 days apart and have been close since they stuck him in my crib.
Anyhow, DKM has been battling a form of early-onset Alzheimers (posterior cortical atrophy) for 8 years now. His memory is fine, but his brain has lost almost all spatial awareness and he has a hard time hearing, seeing and his fine motor skills are gone. His wife has to dress him because even though his intellect is still impressive (always was) he cannot understand zippers
or buttons. He's losing control of his bladder and his brain is telling him he's cold even when it's 80 degrees out. The point is, it's extremely taxing for him to do normal things that
we all take for granted. His wife is now his care-taker and he'll probably end up in a care facility before long.
He has a son that is now in his early 30's and the kid is useless. He's extremely bright, but uses that to get his way and has never held a steady job. He's tried a rotisserie of careers
all of which were too taxing for his 'druthers. He was recently mooching at his parents home but became upset by his Father's disabilities and the burden it placed on him so he moved to Brazil to smoke weed with his friends, get laid, dance capoeira in the park and drive around on a moped until he fucks up his work-at-home job once again and has to come back to leech from his parents -- who clearly have other issues to deal with.
The philosophy of selfishness and laziness that this sack of shit possesses is positively mind-boggling. All his friends have moved on and settled down in the real world and he is still a human sponge who could easily support himself but chooses to manipulate the world around him so that he can sleep late and fuck off. He's masterful at it, but I don't buy any of his lies.
I recently took my cousin out for a hike, during which I made the mistake of expressing my disappointment that his son felt the need to run to Brazil instead of helping him and his wife out. This is heresy because Brazil Boy is above all criticism and there is and has always been an excuse for whatever he does. Anyhow, DKM didn't say much to me about that, but told his wife of my comments. So, later that day my phone rings while I'm grocery shopping and his Wife goes absolutely apeshit on me complete with "HOW DARE YOU!!!" and "WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE HIM???". I listened to her with a clinical detachment and decided to let her vent. She had no idea what I actually said, which was way milder than what I was thinking, but the pressure she is under cracked her shit. I ended with saying calmly "is there anything else you want to say to me?" and she hung up. If she had a gun she would have shot me, but now she feels horrible because she knows
that what I said is what absolutely everybody thinks.
What a fucking mess, but it proved to me that denial is not just a river in Egypt.
I hate that fucking kid.
