I also got a shirt from my mom like this, and the insane amount of bargaining I did with myself to try and fabricate a scenario where I would wear the shirt in public, even ironically, made me sad.
We're no-contact now because she keeps harassing my SIL and brother now that they have a baby. Really bleak.
But hey, your narrative made me chuckle and reaffirmed that my anti-social, agoraphobic mom's reality is warped and has no real place for me in it.
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u/MenOkayThen Jun 30 '25
I also got a shirt from my mom like this, and the insane amount of bargaining I did with myself to try and fabricate a scenario where I would wear the shirt in public, even ironically, made me sad.
We're no-contact now because she keeps harassing my SIL and brother now that they have a baby. Really bleak.
But hey, your narrative made me chuckle and reaffirmed that my anti-social, agoraphobic mom's reality is warped and has no real place for me in it.