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AIBU to wonder at people experiencing natural consequences.

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RexWillKillYou · 06/09/2023 09:00

do other people find it difficult to sympathize with people complaining when they experience Natural Consequences Stuff like:
you drank too much - hangover
you cheated on your spouse- your kids think you’re shit.
you live beyond your means- and you’re skint.
you refuse to go to engage with the diabetes clinic- and look what’s happened.

bad stuff happens to people (all of us) at some point without us doing anything. But we don’t have to give it a hand, and shut our eyes to a mess of our own making.

OP posts:
SillyAutomatic · 07/09/2023 19:21

Hi, new here.
The diabetes jibe is really not on, a lot of people have no idea how fucking hard it is to manage, even when engaging with professionals. DH is Type 1, and has days when no matter what he does his levels are sky high. He was recently diagnosed with PAD which there's no way he would have if he didn't have diabetes, he eats really healthily and has always been very active and slim. It's an exhausting, depressing and utterly illogical disease. So if he loses his legs, it's his fault? Classy.

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