Struggle War Stories

By: OG 👊🏾✨

For some strange reason, it's like this rule that you either gotta move out or get kicked out your parents house at 16 or be entirely on your own by 21, this is of course for black folks. But realistically, I can't process the sense that makes for many different reasons. I am not sure why anyone would choose to struggle, but I understand if you're struggling then you're just struggling but if you're in a secure place and move "just because you should be out by a certain age" just to struggle, that's laughable. I personally lived on my own and yes, having your own space is GREAT but when you living paycheck to paycheck and barely got money to buy some damn groceries, the idea of "I'm grown and got my own place" bullshit can be thrown in the trash. IF you don't have to move out why move out just to be broke? Out here living like a broke college student and happy as hell cause u ain't gotta be quiet walking into yo own house. GOTCHA.

I don't even want to discuss roommates cause if that's the case now you living with other people kids and gone be stressing if they don't have part of the bills. Not to mention, they always in the club so maybe they can just buy groceries and you cover all the rent cause their short but got you next month, now you on the phone cursing them out to your parents. But you wanted to be grown......

Okay. Back to the point.... People tend to leave home cause they have no choice and then you have the ones that leave and end up forming this sense of independency, but they will also tell you and throw it in your face like it's one of the best accomplishments in the world but won't mention how their struggling but who brags about struggling when you have your own place?

Yeah nobody. It's great you're independent but can we discuss how you wanted to be so damn independent you struggling and stressing? You managed to move out and look down on people that live at home all while struggling and asking to hold money cause your lights about to be cut off. Oh, but you gone pay them back next check, but you got some late fees to pay from two weeks ago, but iight .... or how about ... how you moved out wanting to be grown and back home within 2 years? What sense does that make? I see this from ALOT of black folks looking down on you because of their misfortunes of having to become independent and living on their own. The same ones looking down ends up being toxic to people that still live at home and then they move out because of what someone else said about living with ur parents. One big ass struggle party, but I ain't coming. Ideally and logically, let's look at other races that allow their kids to stay at home until their stable enough to live on their own. For instance, whites, Asians and Indians and this surrounds their teamwork as a unit; a household. The disconnect is how majority of black households operate as a unit and tragically some are put in the position of struggling cause they don't have a choice and you have some that are struggling cause someone said they supposed to be living on their own knowing damn well it isn't even necessary. You can form independency without having to pay rent knowing that's more than half your check a month, that's not independency, this a financial burden, this is irresponsible and you think PRIDE is the reason u can't go back home especially when you been told you can go back.

Ultimately, if you wanna be one of those people to brag about how u had to struggle as a fucking war story lmfaoooo knowing damn well this story didn't need to happen, this article is for you.

-- Stuff B. T: @OG_Stuff www.Kickbackthepodcast.com