I have a 16-year-old son. I’m in my early 30s (had him very young) and a professional footballer. My son also dreams of becoming a successful footballer (he’s been playing since he was 6), but he’s just… not great. He’s good, but not great - and in this extremely competitive industry you need to be at least great in order to even stand a chance. So I told him, as someone who’s been doing this for a very, very long time & is active in this sphere, that he should find another, more attainable dream. He took it as me not believing in him, but I’m just objective and realistic.

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    This is a life at stake. Don’t tell this guy to be a pushover to spare a feeling. It’s way WAY worse to fuck a whole life thinking you’ve got a career that your parents know something about when you DONT.

    This is a shitty, entitled take. Some people are good at some things. Some are good at others. Don’t gaslight your kid to think he’s an astronaut and let the world teach a lesson. That makes you a SHIT parent.

    You know who makes 6 figures? A fucking lot of people. Cool, good on you, you’re not a unicorn.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I see we’re using the big dictionary today. words like gaslight and astronaut. I bet you were even excited to use the word unicorn.

      feel like you cut me down a few notches? put me in my place, did you?

      got news for you, you’re going to need to try a lot harder than that to cut me down.

      your attempt was pathetic tbh. 20 years of mental abuse killed something inside me that makes people like you weak and forgettable.

      I found my strength, can you say the same?