#marla's dad is a shithead.txt

[mrsmarlasinger]

My father keeps texting me like a desperate ex begging for just one more chance please please please please and it's starting to freak me out

[mrsmarlasinger]

The fumes from the stain on the new hardwood floors downstairs are SO BAD. I stopped up the gap under my door with towels, opened all my windows, turned on the ceiling fan, and wore an N95 all day, but I have the worst headache 😭😭

[mrsmarlasinger]

My father is NEVER more shitty and abusive and horrible—which is saying a lot—than he is on A) family vacations, and B) Christmas Eve and Christmas. Every single year, no matter what, unfailingly

[mrsmarlasinger]

I can't do drugs tonight because the protective order was actually both granted and served today. SAD. Now I have to pack up and flee from DV tonight or whatever 🙄

[mrsmarlasinger]

Why must I be the victim of debit card fraud AND a DV situation. Unprovoked????

[mrsmarlasinger]

Thanksgiving dinner with my parents

[mrsmarlasinger]

Thanksgiving dinner with my parents

[mrsmarlasinger]

Nothing like the fear of [REDACTED] as a motivator

[mrsmarlasinger]

Woke up at 7 AM to attend 8:30 Mormon church on four hours of sleep so I could hear my father talk. Because I'm a fantastic goddamn daughter whether it's fucking deserved or not

[mrsmarlasinger]

Judging by the absence of all kitchen appliances and other such quotidian items, the vast swaths of tacked-up plastic, the ceaseless revolving door of unfamiliar men, and the 6–12 hours of unbearably loud indoor construction starting at 8 AM every day, I'm picking up subtle hints that my father is renovating the entire house, and random cameos from hand and power tools are to be expected.

But whyyyy did I take the trash into the garage at 2 AM and find, under the spotlight of a single lit bulb, a wooden sawhorse bearing a Saw (2004)-esque hacksaw 😳😳 It felt so insidious because WHO is letting my mother's husband have sharp objects. That shouldn't be allowed. Can you take them back, please

[mrsmarlasinger]

If I'm gonna get family annihilated, please, God, let it at least happen in a good outfit 🙏🙏🙏

[mrsmarlasinger]

Chronic illness? Due to my life circumstances? It's more likely than you think

[mrsmarlasinger]

"Why do I have nightmares and horrific insomnia and panic attacks and no appetite and why do I constantly think about death and feel physically ill when I hear footsteps and why do I always stay up till hours past sunrise and never ever sleep with the door unlocked or ever leave my bedroom except for brief hour-long excursions in the dark past 2am and why—" GIRL YOU ALWAYS KNEW THINGS HAVE BEEN BAD

[mrsmarlasinger]

Did you know that it's hard to sleep if you fear for your [REDACTED]? Huge shock, the world is stunned.

I have so much I need to take care of by [REDACTED] in case of [REDACTED] and I just gotta keep it all bottled up and not talk about it due to uhhh [REDACTED] 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[mrsmarlasinger]

Try not to get family annihilated challenge

[mrsmarlasinger]

Me trying not to get in the middle of my parents' psychological warfare

Must we have construction starting at 7 AM on a Saturday