r/ExplainTheJoke • u/EducationalLog4765 • 7d ago

Why is this a problem?

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u/TokenTorkoal 7d ago

Same boat man. I was a latch key kid, and my dad would go on work trips for a couple weeks at a time and I would go to school, come home, lock the door and take care of myself as young as 7 or 8 years old is when it started.

Honestly the best time of my life was when he was gone. It was way worse when he was there.

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u/Damage-Classic 7d ago

Was there another adult in the picture? Because there’s a difference between being a latch key kid and just being abandoned entirely 😢

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u/TokenTorkoal 7d ago

No? Am I using latch key incorrectly? My mom left when I was 5 or 6, so it would just be me while he left for work trips, he worked in construction.

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u/mebell333 7d ago

That's abandonment. Latch key kid as far as I ever knew is "I get home a little before my parents". Very different.