Hey all, sincerely hope you’re well.

Many of our American posters are gathering together with family and friends today. They’re likely to hear plenty of awful takes from their liberals. Unscratched, freshly scratched, or pre-scratched chuds alike, there are sure to be brainworms all around the table and openly airing their unhinged grievances. Please feel free to share their awful takes here. This thread is open for supporting one another, venting, laughing at bad family takes (both stale and bespoke).

This thread is intended to be a supportive space to bring the community together. Please be kind to one another. As always, discussion of struggle sessions or attempts to relitigate them will not be permitted.

Have fun and keep cozy! comfy

  • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It’s been a year since I spoke to my family, and this is the first thanksgiving I’m missing. I can’t do it anymore. I’m tired of never having my thoughts and feelings taken seriously, either because I’m a child and therefore lesser than my parents, or because I’m a communist. They begged me to be a libertarian instead a couple years ago, lmao (they’re liberals, or at least they think they are). The final straw was Palestine. Everyone called me antisemitic last Thanksgiving, and I’m not dealing with that again.

    The distance has let me reflect on how my parents raised me. Although they never hit me, there were a few fucked-up situations that with hindsight prove they never respected me. They think they love me, but they don’t. They love the concept of me as a relatively successful son, and familial peace.

    It would be nice to have a family, but I’m so exhausted by it. I’ve never really had a good relationship with my family, so I don’t even know what it would look like if I forgave them and they magically changed how they speak to me. I hope they get over their racism and transphobia, but I can’t try to change them anymore

    I already had a wonderful friendsgiving with a bunch of lovely people, and I’m going to my friend’s family’s Thanksgiving tonight. She’s lost family in Gaza and the West Bank this year.