Autotelic. Autistic. Assonance-hole©.
13m spoken audio; partner finally has had enough with the bullying of his father. I support my partner in making choices that protect his mind and body. This the letter *I* sent once the fifteen year process of partner’s decision making has come to its fruition.
Oh come at me for it, because #TeamHoneyBadger DGAF and will happily teach you the lesson as many times as you need it.
From the perspective of my children, I was an aloof, emotionally unavailable mother… I was a bad mother. I get how and why this is how they believe, feel, and think; when you’re a kid, all you know is what you need and do not receive. Things like histories, circumstances, and the realities of an adult being their own person just don’t enter the frame. Often, even after growing up, they never do. I know this because it’s how I felt, too. My parents were horribly abusive, deeply broken humans. They were fractured in youth by their parents, who likely […]
