not much to say beyond jia you’ve become a really incredible writer and i really enjoyed this. made me want to start smoking again sporadically. maybe i’ll get a vape pen and a dispensary card

I’m also from one of these families, but my little sister is definitely less conversationally assured/pushy than the rest of us, and she kinda gets screwed, actually. It seems really frustrating, because the interrupting/talking over back-and-forth works fine for everyone else in the room but she can’t get a word in…