#also jacksepticeye came out as (?) autistic so another win for the audhd community

[anantplayingdnd]

idk how to say this without it seeming like i’m gloating over all of the people who are straight up having really bad times today, but genuinely, i had a really good day today

i spontaneously GM’d a honey heist game for my cousins and (future) in-laws and it was just, incredible. aside from my partner and sister, none had ever played a ttrpg before. they had so much fun that they want to make it an annual tradition (i had to tell them that playing it monthly wasn’t really possible lol).

at least one of those cousins was wearing a Trump bracelet, and like, it was okay. He was normal about me not shying away from the fact that my partner isn’t “just my roommate.” He was an amazing player, and at the very beginning when i asked them all to tell me how the bears know each other he launched into a like five-minute fully improved monologue about who his character was and how he knew the other bears. genuinely mind blowing and i think he’d make an amazing GM one day

i got to see my brother laugh and have fun for the first time in years, and later in the day he actually opened up about a girl he has a crush on

we had a silly string fight in the back yard and my 70 year old grandpa played with us too

i showed my baby cousins the ipad i was using to draw and i got to show them how to make digital art, and just spend time drawing with the two of them

i spent probably fifteen minutes just talking to one of my uncles who i’ve never had much of a conversation with before about his 21 chickens

the entire drive home, me, partner, brother, sister, and sisters boyfriend just were belting christmas songs at the tops of our lungs and laughing

i came out to my dad and told him i wanted to use a different name. i’ve been anxious about telling him that for like, over a year now even though i use my preferred name literally every where in my day to day life

his reaction was to ask if i was going to change my middle name too, and when i told him i wasn’t sure, he started giving me name suggestions. when he went to bed, he gave me a big hug and said goodnight using my chosen name

and don’t get me wrong, there was… absolutely difficult and sucky parts of the day. but i feel so overwhelmed by love and joy that i don’t know what to do but talk about it