friendships ARE relationships. just like you can create a safe space to grow & learn from mistakes w romantic partners you can do the same & should w your friendships.
Babies just be saying stuff and you just gotta nod and agree like they’ll say “I like ice cream cause I don’t like frogs” and you be like “damn for real?” and it helps with their development or whatever
My therapist once told me: what if your mom never changes and goes to her death bed with absolutely no guilt about all the damage she caused? Your healing can’t depend on someone else deciding they also want to heal.
And it’s been the hardest lesson ever tbfh.
when i lost over 100 lbs, everyone suddenly loved me. everyone thought i was gorgeous. everyone thought i was powerful. i can assure you being congratulated for weight loss just feels like your greatest fear confirmed. you have to be thin to be valuable to the world. it sucks.
the fact that ppl called CPS on her is more appalling than anything seen here. pole work is taught in gyms & workshops all the time, it’s not inherently sexual - or maybe mom is a SW & that’s okay too. never saw this same energy for dads taking their kids out back to shoot deer.