I'm sorry. I've been in the same place, and it's really, really hard.

As of today, I am 5 days status post methotrexate therapy for treatment of an ectopic pregnancy. Although I certainly was prone to rage against shit like this before, my experience as a newly-minted "woman who is GUILTY of killing her (very wanted, but that's beside the point) BABY" has amplified my feelings about…

That's all I got. Fuck this.

Don't underestimate that whole "your parents loooove you, more than anyone else ever could" idea. It's super pervasive, so much so that mothers who don't love their kids are still considered "strange," I guess.Or there is no such thing as parents who don't love you, right? Even more dangerous. Like, my mother used…

I think a lot of this is that people who are close with their family don't understand the concept of not being close with your family. My parents weren't abusive, and I don't actively dislike them or anything, but...I just don't want to be around them. Like, almost ever. I have one or two things in common with my…

My mother was never physically abusive. Verbally and emotionally abusive was her thing. There are so many stories I could tell, but the one that really sticks out (and showcases her ability to bamboozle outsiders into believing her to be a saint) is my go-to story:

I misread things sometimes too. It happens.

This. Without fail.

Or my personal favorite:

Yes, yes, and yes. Cutting family members out of your life is not a decision one takes lightly. I didn't understand it before. Now I do. I will have only limited contact with my siblings. I will not be alone with them. That's just the way it is. Anyone who wants to put the blame on me for that will be shut down…

"When something, or more specifically,someone, no longer supports the view you have of yourself "

Often by parents who don't even know the difference between "there" and "their".

Homeschooling should be illegal

I was 5 in DC with a single dad at the time. I wandered around quite a bit.

Honestly, I'm less panicked over this than I am when I read about kids being "home-schooled."

This is NOT ok.

Oh here it is. Thanks, internet!