Just moved to Lemmy from Reddit FYI

Feel like it’s a rare but important perspective, but my dad was arrested for assault when I was young, leaving my mom to take care of me. She started stripping when I was around 5 until I went to college, and she also provided escort services for some of her customers. We stayed in a small single bedroom apartment and we barely got by. Honestly it hurt seeing her come home exhausted every day at 3-4 am from a job I could tell she hated. Obviously I was uncomfortable with her occupation, but she did what she had to do to keep a roof over our heads. I respect her so much for it and I wish more people had this perspective of people in SW. Wouldn’t be where I am without her.