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Cake day: May 3rd, 2026

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  • It is so hard seeing this shit still tearing families apart. It sucks because these are important issues, not something you can agree to disagree on, and it hurts to see your family go down the insanity rabbit hole.

    Found this out the hard way during covid when my mom laughed when i said someone I knew had lost a parent to covid and I wanted to check on her (despite us not being on speaking terms anymore). She laughed outloud and called it a scamdemic and called my friend’s family stupid for taking his mom to the hospital, because “thats what really killed him”.

    I had the same kind of shocked feeling of now having to call into question everything I knew (and also everything I was taught) by my mom, including her level of empathy for others.






  • I got invited to a thanksgiving dinner feom an extended family thing that was being put on by a wealthy person in the family I barely spoke to. It was at a private cabin that was larger than any house ive ever lived in. There was an entire chef team making dinner including appetizers that people brought around on tiny trays. I was dressed in a tshirt and jeans and being waited on hand and foot the entire time. This “cabin” had artwork taller than me on the walls and a big centerpiece fossil as you entered the door. There was a TV that only popped out when you flipped a lightswitch.

    The dinner was amazing but i also felt so weird not helping with anything. I also kept worrying about how none of the staff could eat the food? Like? You’re here on Thanksgiving cooking for another family some top quality food and you aren’t even allowed to eat it?

    The whole thing wad awkward and made me self conscious but the rich side of the family acted like the chefs and waiters didnt even exist.