i spent christmas alone while my family got together and fought, and honestly i feel so good about this
i bought myself presents, cooked a big meal, drank wine and watched Home Alone 3 w/ my dog. I don’t feel sorry for myself at all.
meanwhile my sister threatened to disown my dad so he threatened to disown her, while my mom enabled and my other sister downed a bottle of wine to deal.
on the other side of the country, i was busy discovering, to my delight, that the that the 3rd installment of the Home Alone franchise not only stood up to the test of time, but contains some of the best oneliners and comedic timing I have ever seen.
honestly, keep toxic people out of your life. family isn’t everything, and bad family is often worse than no family. don’t be afraid to put in some distance, especially during high stress times like the holidays. you don’t actually owe them anything.
being alone for the holidays is so much better than being with people who make you unhappy.
Bringing this back for Thanksgiving!
I needed this 💕
Tag: family
We have families too!
Whether adopted, biologically ours, thru marriage or designated as their guardian- they’re our children.
We want the best for them!
We have hopes and aspirations for them !
We Exist, and MANY of us are of color.
This ain’t nothing new, just more visible.
Beee-aaah-uuuu-tee-ful families!
n honor of it being Pride month- here’s a series of comics I made last year about seeing my sister for the first time since transitioning. ❤️
If you enjoy my work and would like to help support my transition, there’s a link to my Patreon on my Tumblr’s main page. ❤️
Parents need to stop staying in loveless marriages just because they have kids. Stop sacrificing your happiness just so your kids can grow up in a 2 parent household. It’s toxic for the kids to grow up watching a dysfunctional marriage because it warps their perception of what love actually is. I know they think they’re doing what’s best for everyone, but it’s really not.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I would love to see a more recent study on this. The last study I read was by a single mom who literally set out to prove that it was just as good. Unfortunately she found it wasn’t. Of course there are exceptions in both directions, but society has shifted so much I wonder if the same study was done today what the results would bring. Were the negative outcomes more the product of single parenting or the social stigma single parents face? Is it fine when shared custody works well? And if we are just looking at the outcomes related to relationship success is the op right? I really want modern data on this!
Beltainefaerie's Flights of Fancy 