Is it really wrong to take given your circumstances?
I was watching the Netflix series Dynasty based on the older show with the same name a few days ago. It's basically about this business mogul family called the Carringtons who are always involved in some sort of scandals because they are uber-rich (watch the trailer here). One of the characters is Sammy Jo, the nephew of the new stepmother Cristal, and one word to correctly describe him would be a freeloader.
The other characters have often mentioned and even said to his face that he needs to get his shit together and to stop taking advantage of the Carrington's wealth and live comfortably when he's not contributing to the income of the family. On one occasion he replied with something along the line that he came from a struggling family, a real lower-middle-class family. He then said something that I feel like really hit me where it hurts.
Is it really wrong to take what people offer you when you have to struggle your whole life?
And I thought about it, you know. Coming from a struggling family as well and currently struggling(TM) I genuinely believe that if someone offers to take care of me for the rest of my life, I would just say yes.
It's tiring to work my ass off every week just to make the rent and having to save for a year to splurge on something. And I feel like shit having to ask my mum to cover my tuition fees because I cannot do that at all without help.
So yeah.
The other characters have often mentioned and even said to his face that he needs to get his shit together and to stop taking advantage of the Carrington's wealth and live comfortably when he's not contributing to the income of the family. On one occasion he replied with something along the line that he came from a struggling family, a real lower-middle-class family. He then said something that I feel like really hit me where it hurts.
Is it really wrong to take what people offer you when you have to struggle your whole life?
And I thought about it, you know. Coming from a struggling family as well and currently struggling(TM) I genuinely believe that if someone offers to take care of me for the rest of my life, I would just say yes.
It's tiring to work my ass off every week just to make the rent and having to save for a year to splurge on something. And I feel like shit having to ask my mum to cover my tuition fees because I cannot do that at all without help.
So yeah.
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