#i cant identify accents myself to save my life anyway so i dont know how to respond when i get thrown an accent accusation

[nerdie-faerie]

Every time someone asks if I'm American, I have to spend 5 minutes in accent jail

[bastardswxrd]

life update: my mom and i may be moving in with my aunt and uncle starting september or so, largely as a trial run to see how living together works; they need help with bills(have been spoiled by florida and now flee the midwest when it gets chilly but dont like living down there full time, yet cant afford a home here and there) and we’d like more space. benefits of this include; - they have an enormous yard which, although not fenced in, is lovely and has lots of room if we wanted to start growing herbs and stuff(auntie already does grow stuff) - they have one of those big extra wide fridge/freezers and we are currently living out of a mini fridge - we would have the house to ourselves for about 5-6 months of the year(we currently live in my gramparents’ basement) - we’d be paying them about $1,000-$1,100 a month, which is a lot less than apartments with similar niceness to their house i also have an appointment with a counselor tomorrow and a psychiatrist in mid-late july, which is nice because this means i can really get some traction towards a service dog(as I need 1-2+ medical providers to sign off with the program i want to go through) and i do need the help even without a service dog but like. lol i know i need therapy but i dont even know where to start; my disabilities are just... the way i am u feel and its hard to identify problems when they arent actively being problems, like my emotional flashbacks and stuff and it’s just very difficult for me to talk(partially cuz im autistic and words hard) but also my counselor has a thick accent and my sensory processing problems can be bad enough with clear familiar accents and just. ugh.  but anyway, steps in the right direction at least, and living at auntie kim’s would be a lot nicer in a lot of ways but is also pretty scary(they’re very tidy and go to bed at like... 8 pm and disabilities mean i can get pretty messy as i bring stuff to my seat i think i need then abandon it and it accumulates) and, while it will be cheaper than any rental in the area, we ARE living with my gramparents for free so suddenly im going from having $521 to spend on food and stuff a month(I save $250/mo which lets me get a little bigger things when i need them like vet visit or so i feel better about treating myself), to only having $271 or so, and i gotta feed me and cleo and hopefully a service dog and stuff so like. yeah. i mean, it IS def cheaper than an apartment but i wouldnt mind living hear another year or so just to save up a little longer