My family was always open to anyone to visit as much as they wanted so my friends came over 95% of the time. Like the third time I visited one friend’s house his mom came in, looked at me, and gave a long sigh before saying “Again?”. She also made him stop what we were doing and immediately shampoo the carpet which his did nearly every day, I assume to get the smell of weed out.
Most families I’ve witnessed were dysfunctional, but I didn’t notice until my twenties.
Dude, that sucks. A lot of shit happens as a kid you don’t realize was not normal until your brain develops. My kids friends would be able to come over as much as theyd like too, open door policy.
He’s also been told if he sees a kid at school not eating lunch to tell someone. Well send an extra lunch or extra money if necessary. This was long before this SNAP bullshit, been telling that since he started school.
Thinking of the shit some kids go through thinking it’s normal breaks my heart the fastest. Second is animals.
Do you see the man on the street
Just fighting for a meal to eat
You can write him off as a lunatic
But it coulda been you or me
Heavy Foot, Song by Mon Rovîa ‧ 2026
First she said “get that out of your mouth!”
That only happened to me once. There’s no worse feeling than knowing you’re no longer welcome, so I tried to avoid it as much as possible by not going to friends’ houses who still lived with their parents.
I got my friend into skateboarding and punk music. He got into an argument with his dad in front of me and his dad threw his skateboard at me and told me “go back to the hole you crawled out of!”
His dad was my pastor at the time.
