#and she was like kathryn. i'm gonna be honest it doesn't sound like it went well at all. it sounds awful.

[tayloralisonswift]

i won't be on for more than a minute because i still have a ridiculous amount to do but i am once again thinking about how cruel it is to look your child in the eye and say to them "well, God wants you to be alone forever. you'll never experience romantic love the way the rest of your family gets to. if you do, we'll never accept you. but a life with friends is enough! not enough for me and my spouse, but you'll figure out how to make it enough for you. hey! there's always more books to read, think about that! that'll keep you busy when you're lonely."

and i think at some point i'm just going to say that to them. that it's cruel. that it's fucked up. that they would never under any other circumstances tell me i should be single my whole life, that they don't say that to my brother, that it's so evil and joy-destroying and if this is how they feel i'm going to speed up my moving out plans