My mom really used to serve homemade food every day… when I was younger, I didn’t understand how much work that takes and how much of a privilege it is.
once again aniya wasn’t crazy and her intuition was always right. he not only admitted that he has nothing in common with aniya, but he also let it be known that he wouldn’t have picked her first if he had more options in the villa… I love the satisfaction of vindication. #loveislandUSA
Not talked about enough
1 of my foster moms (had a total of 5 in the span of 7 years)
Literally used to steal from me
Bully me everyday day
And joke that I was just a check to her ..
I was 14 ..
Foster Mom Exposes the Demonic Fraud Inside Foster Care
“She goes, ‘Oh honey, I make $28,000 a month on foster care.’ I was like, ‘What?’ And she was like, ‘Yeah, because I have this many kids.’ She goes, ‘Here’s the thing. You want to make sure they fail in school. If they fail in school and you can get them on medication, your rate goes up. Every time they don’t pass a grade, your rate goes up because they’re a more difficult kid. Every time they need medication, your rate goes up.��”
@jen_lilley
Imagine my shock as a neurodivergent teen when I first realized that using large vocabulary and eloquent speech doesn't make you less likely to be misinterpreted, rather it adds an entirely new layer of misinterpretation I had never even realized existed in the form of people thinking you're being snobbish or condescending when you're just trying to be specific
Friends too..
I’m definitely at a time in my life where I pick where my energy goes .. im not pouring into people who KNOW they have cracks in their own cup
The autistic experience of being genuine & thinking you had a real connection with someone — only to find out after a significant amount of time that it was one-sided & they actually just thought you were weird.