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always-a-slut-4-ghouls · 5 months ago

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The last family reunion of my mom’s family was wild, not because of the reunion itself, but because afterwards my brothers and i were like “is that how normal extended families act? Unironically where was the gaslighting and gatekeeping?” And that’s how my world view was shaken about how a big family reunion doesn’t always have to have a few “gaslight gatekeep” people who make things around them more complicated and awkward

#emma posts #it’s been what? one. two years?#still think about this occasionally and am shaken #at the age of like 25 or 26 I realized you can have dozens of family members in one building and not have to keep up with some weird #gossip and borderline bullying people #you can just. sit around and talk without certain people making you walk on eggshells when they join in #especially if you married into the family. especially as a wife #no idea why the aunt and my mom drauma was so tense #most of us were literally just there #and at least one uncle was like that too. he just didn’t form an almost clique #some aunts were chill. but at least two could be borderline mean girls but in a way that you would look weird for pointing out #my grandparents were so chill too so I have no idea what went on to create that #my grandma was the sweetest lady istg although she could sometimes be a bit of a pushover :(#I’m probably oversharing again

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