2020 showed me who people really are and what behaviors I’m willing to tolerate. It has been kind of like coming out as gay — you get to see who loves you unconditionally like they said they did, which friends are your true ride-or-dies, and who has been hiding their homophobia under a smile and friendship that always had conditions attached. You learn to let go of the trash and even to be thankful when it takes itself out. For me, 2020 offered a similar kind of clarity.
It’s a shitty thing to do to people who take you seriously, and save your offer in their back pocket until they can’t hang on alone any longer and do need help.
scarymommy Sometimes that’s all you can do, and IT IS PLENTY.
FROM THE MOUTHS OF MOMS
Confessional #25814634 "Open my eyes & my very first thought is "No no no no no." I need more time, more sleep, less work, less parenting... can I volunteer myself for a padded cell?"
