My friend pulled up footage from their nanny cam to literally time how many minutes I spent talking about myself during a visit. I drove three hours to see them and their new baby after eight months apart.
once again i believe a more nefarious reason sex ed isn’t prevalent in this country is that it would provide the kids with the ability to preempt, recognize and speak about abuse.
y’all are confusing being responsible for your mental illness with being responsible for your recovery. you are not choosing to be mentally ill and getting better is not super easy. However, recovery requires some level of willingness and participation on your part. people can support you, provide resources, and help you through the process, but they cannot do the work for you. acknowledging that isn’t ableism.
the best part of having a little baby is seeing them discover the world from scratch. the tink tink tink of your spoon against a glass makes them laugh, because how delightful a sound! a canopy of leaves, beautiful as things are the first time you encounter them
Personally, I don’t care how well we get along or even how much the person likes me. The only factor I consider in friendships is how I feel when I’m around the person and I know what it feels like to be around a friend.
A lot of people suck and only have friends due to forced proximity if people were forced to evaluate the quality of relationships w/o the proximity factor most relationships would deteriorate