Opinion Beware, DeSantis is as much a threat to America as Trump(Washington Post-no pay)
@TheNewsOwl Sadly - family in FL affirms this - Florida is full of cult members that love him.
When I mention my hatred of Ron to my father, who lives in Florida, he said it was none of my business bc I don't live there.
If you knew my father, this would make you fall off your chair. My father never spoke to me like that before frump. As a little girl, my father was my hero. That little girl is crushed by what her hero has become - unrecognizable.
@JoyfullyDazed @yobaba @TheNewsOwl Iโm so sorry. My Daddy will be gone 15 years in April. He was/is my hero and was a hero to many. My mother is toxic and abusive. I only mention that because people say โbut their your familyโฆโฆ..โ as if that somehow makes it necessary for you to put up with toxic behavior. My wise therapist said no. No is a complete sentence. You must choose to heal the relationship. Grieve the relationship. Set boundaries. Whatever is best for you. โค๏ธ
@OfficiallyPatty @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba 100% Patty, I have disconnected from my family because they are very toxic and negative for me. On top of just being all magas and conservatives which I am not. I haven't spoken to them or engaged with them for years. my mother always made me out to somehow be the bad one no matter what I did. She is a control freak.
@OfficiallyPatty โค๏ธ I do not blame people who say such because I do understand they tend to have better relationships with their family so they do not understand how someone could be so toxic but yeah I do get that phrase a good bit as well. or I will get the whole phrase," but don't you want to make things right before they pass away etc.?" or something similar. It can be very annoying to be honest because mental health comes first & sentimental reasoning is silly. @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba
@OfficiallyPatty @TheNewsOwl @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba Growing up, we never spoke of politics much, but rather my parents taught us to accept people as they are and how they act, not what they looked like or who they loved. The 50s and 60s were a different time but Iโm so grateful that we ( 5 kids) all never knew the heartache of a disapproving family. Itโs heartbreaking to hear how so many had different experiences. ๐น
@j0n @OfficiallyPatty @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba As patty talked about her mother. my mom was controlling and a narc. to point even when I was an adult and on my own and away from her she tried to stalk me literally and went to my adult friends home even to try and stalk me to ask questions. She even does stuff and tried to get my own daughter fired.
@TheNewsOwl @j0n @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba there are no words for that except โIโm sorryโ and I understand. Clearly dealing with mental health issues of their own but in my case, would never admit.
@OfficiallyPatty @j0n @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba Yep same here and then also she goes back to the rest of the family and plays victim or tells them how awful i am and then I become the bad man of the family. The outkast of the family. I really do not have the energy to sit and explain either to every single person untruths that she is telling them so I simply disconnected all together from that.
@TheNewsOwl @OfficiallyPatty @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba Itโs bad enough to perpetrate these behaviors but to deflect like that is unconscionable.
@TheNewsOwl @OfficiallyPatty @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba Iโm so sorry you have to deal with thatโฆ I mean we had our โmomentsโ and I saw some of that with friendโs families butโฆ ๐
@TheNewsOwl @JoyfullyDazed @yobaba Same. Control freak, narcissist, emotional manipulator and always the victim. My Dad raised me (they were married) and it took me years to build proper boundaries. Good therapy and distance has been so helpful. This time of year I hear โBut they are familyโฆ..โ so much more. No. Not if it costs you your mental health. Sometimes the family you create of friends, etc is much healthier that blood relatives.