At what age did u get it?

[Brown_Pride]

I don't really know. I have a very nonchalant personality, and my grandmother lived with us when I was young so she would do a lot of stuff just because she was bored. I always cleaned up after myself, but cleaning up after other people still bothers me. I'm always like, "If we all just washed our own dish after we were done then nobody would have to sit there and do all the damn dishes."

Even living in a dorm, we didn't have to clean the bathrooms. I think it was when I got an apartment and I noticed shyt piling up. I would clean up after myself and notice that dude would just leave shyt.

But to this day I couldn't believe those kids in undergrad who would have a service do their laundry or have their mom come do it.

Cats couldn't iron their clothes

yeah that had me like in college to. I'd go down to do my laundry and dudes putting red shirts with white shirts on the verge of mixing some bleach in that shyt...I had to put on a clinic...and don't even get me started on ironing... at 18 you're a grown ass man you should be able to do the following:
1. Tie a tie.
2. Your own laundry
3. Wipe your ass correctly
4. Iron / press a shirt. God help you if you can't figure out how to iron pants...

I mean bare minimum right?

 

[daze23]

yeah, I really didn't get it until I was out on my own. especially living with roommates and shyt. then you see how that shyt effects other people (because it's happening to you)

 

[JAY?]

The saddest shyt I find is
Now that I think I get it
(And I say think because at 14 I thought I knew it all)
I try schooling my lil cousins who range from 12-19 and they look at me like I'm stupid

 

[VerbalIntercourse]

i was doing dishes at about 7 or 9.

my parents worked weird hours, so i was cooking and cleaning at 11 or 12.

my parents are also filthy-ass pack rats, so sometimes I had to be the adult.

Now, When I visit, i talk down to them and tell them to keep the house clean, and to sell all their junk. It makes me feel uncomfortable. I don't like their money management either.

 

[Brown_Pride]

i was doing dishes at about 7 or 9.

my parents worked weird hours, so i was cooking and cleaning at 11 or 12.

my parents are also filthy-ass pack rats, so sometimes I had to be the adult.

Now, When I visit, i talk down to them and tell them to keep the house clean, and to sell all their junk. It makes me feel uncomfortable. I don't like their money management either.

...you know what on a side bar this says some shyt right here about the chances of you changing your views of the world.
If you're cool talking down to your own parents, then talking down to some random "kid who didn't make it" is exceptionally normal.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

since I was like 5 or 6.

If you're asian or south asian or really the child of any immigrants, unless your parents are dumbasses who spoil you they'll have you cleaning up after yourself at the very least, and eventually cleaning for them. I never had a problem with it. They clothe and feed me, and work all day, so the very least I can do is wash dishes, set the table, clean my room, clean the basement, etc.

I don't have respect for any of these lazy a$$holes who expect their mother to do all the chores around the house. Everytime I went over to some white dude's house their parents look at you like when you throw away shyt you use, or leave your shoes at the door, or generally have some degree of hygiene.

I always had to do chores...yard work, keeping my room clean, etc. I thought that was a given. @any parent who lets their kid not do shyt.

 

[cheek100]

didn't really "get it" til i had kids of my own

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

by the time i was 8 yrs old i was:

1. doing yard work
2. washing the dishes
3. learning to make my own breakfast( i'm talking scrambling eggs in a skilletand making toast).
4. watching my 2 yr old little brother on the weekends.

by the time i was 10 yrs old i was:
1. making full course dinners and breakfast.
2. pushing a push mower up a big ass hill.
3. washing my father's car when he wanted me to.
4. learning how to drive a stick.

i've been an adult for most of my life

 

[VerbalIntercourse]

...you know what on a side bar this says some shyt right here about the chances of you changing your views of the world.
If you're cool talking down to your own parents, then talking down to some random "kid who didn't make it" is exceptionally normal.

Respect is earned. parents or not.

I really don't give fukk about anyone but myself really. In the end, when I have had really bad times in my life, my parents didn't help me. Nobody else did either.

 

[Brown_Pride]

by the time i was 8 yrs old i was:

1. doing yard work
2. washing the dishes
3. learning to make my own breakfast( i'm talking scrambling eggs in a skilletand making toast).
4. watching my 2 yr old little brother on the weekends.

by the time i was 10 yrs old i was:
1. making full course dinners and breakfast.
2. pushing a push mower up a big ass hill.
3. washing my father's car when he wanted me to.
4. learning how to drive a stick.

i've been an adult for most of my life

props. I remember at 8 years old we moved into this house, my pops woke me up on a Saturday, tossed me in the truck, we pulled up to the new house, the front and back yard were full of weeds that were about waist high. He handed me a screwdriver, some gloves,a jug of water and an egg mcmuffin, pointed out where the trashcan was then was like "i'll be back later you need to pull these weeds up."

b*stard showed up 6 hours later with a jumbo jack, bounced for a few more hours then came back to pick me up. in the evening.

I was also driving the family pickup (stick) the the corner store at age 11

at least twice a day i stop and pause and say, "what the hell were my parents thinking?"

 

[Brown_Pride]

Respect is earned. parents or not.

I really don't give fukk about anyone but myself really. In the end, when I have had really bad times in my life, my parents didn't help me. Nobody else did either.

i can appreciate the sentiment. But did you learn nothing worth an iota of respect from your parents? I mean even the fuked up saturday i just described I can look back and thank my pops for trying to teach me some shyt. Is there nothing noteworthy your parents ever did for you to earn any respect from you?

 

[acri1]

props. I remember at 8 years old we moved into this house, my pops woke me up on a Saturday, tossed me in the truck, we pulled up to the new house, the front and back yard were full of weeds that were about waist high. He handed me a screwdriver, some gloves,a jug of water and an egg mcmuffin, pointed out where the trashcan was then was like "i'll be back later you need to pull these weeds up."

b*stard showed up 6 hours later with a jumbo jack, bounced for a few more hours then came back to pick me up. in the evening.

I was also driving the family pickup (stick) the the corner store at age 11

at least twice a day i stop and pause and say, "what the hell were my parents thinking?"

Personally I was never particularly responsible, but both of my parents worked and I was the oldest (have one younger sister) so I got used to being at home by myself, fixing meals, staying out of trouble, catching the bus places, washing/ironing my clothes, etc. at a pretty young age.

But as far as chores I was always and still am kind of lazy...I'd do them but my parents would have to make me. I got a pretty big pile of dishes in my sink right now that I have no plans to wash in the immediate future.

I'm prone to putting off chores until some external stimulus forces me to do them (ie. my garbage starts stinking).

 

[SuburbanPimp]

I was being forced to do shyt around the house and period for as long as I could remember. But I didn't get it until I was 15 and my Dad got hurt at work and was laid up for a mintue and saw how streesed out my Moms was getting. Thats when I started doing alot of shyt without being asked, cleaning up my own sh!t just so that would be one less thing my parents had to worry or bytch about.

But I didn't truly GET IT until I had my son... Thats when I realize that I should have listened to EVERYTHING my parents told me, they may not have been living 100% right but they always tried to tell me the right thing to do with my best interest in mind. All the shyt they had me doing was preparing me to be a well rounded adult and not have to depend on others to do shyt...

 

[AgentGrey]

Probably not until I moved out the crib. I was the youngest in my family. I used to help my mom out and do chores without her asking when I still lived there, but I wouldn't say I had full grown man perspective until I moved out. I guess it's how you define it.

This, I was raised by a single father who put me out at 17 and I quickly grew up. My cousin and I pooled together our little chump change to get an apartment, shyt got real

I was upset about it for about a year or so, but maturity and several tragedies within the family has repaired our bond and proven its value.
Thats my nikka

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Respect is earned. parents or not.

I really don't give fukk about anyone but myself really. In the end, when I have had really bad times in my life, my parents didn't help me. Nobody else did either.

Your parents are flawed I'm sure, but I bet they're not really the demons you make them out to be. I'm sure they tried. I think you're just a sociopath who can't love another human being.