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Audi
@aydeesubaru
Social worker. Mother to amazing little Texans. 🏳️🌈 She/her/hers. Opinions are my own.
Texas, USA
Joined January 2018
- Replying to @LoneStarLeftIn 2018, my Dad told me not to come home (canceled a flight for 2 days later) because I said the family separation at the border was wrong and he said some really disturbing things and started name-calling. I asked for an apology afterward, never heard from him since.
- Replying to @AshleyGWinterIt’s also the only medical procedure where you as a patient are expected to take care of another patient immediately afterward, no matter how bad your condition is afterward.
- Replying to @CartoonsHateHerI wish we’d acknowledge there’s a difference between barely getting by and just not having what you want, but I feel like the latter is vilified a lot! It’s okay to want nice things for yourself and your family! Just don’t pretend you’re marginalized to rationalize it.
- Replying to @realgirl_fieriNot a daily task, but I put laundry baskets in multiple rooms of the house so dirty clothes stay off the floor. Also (with imperfect use) have handled fabric baskets on each floor for items that need to go up or down stairs.
- Replying to @burandon_sama and @sovietscifiThe correct term is “died by suicide”. The “unalive” thing has always been disrespectful.
- Replying to @realgirl_fieriDon’t think this counts as mid priced, but I got matching night stands for Christmas that are much larger than our old ones. Didn’t match before, were cheap. Upgrading a piece of furniture, appliance, dish ware, etc. feels pretty good.
- Replying to @ArmandDomaDoctors order you to not have sex for the first six weeks postpartum so things have time to heal, and online mom groups for newborns are full of stories of dads who just couldn’t handle it. Truly bizarre.
- Replying to @sarahradz_We blew a tire the other week when my toddler son was at home with my father-in-law, and I did try to get him invested after with photos of the tow truck. It did not look as cool in my photos as the ones in his books.
- Replying to @AChillGhostThe British pronounce other countries’ names so incorrectly that it feels like its own form of colonialism. Even the BBC.
- Replying to @VoidOfRosesThis could be scary. They barely stopped a terrorist attack against a Pride event in Idaho last year.
- Every time these come up, it just shows there’s a huge class of wealthy folks completely unaware of how most people live. $10k on travel yearly while you’re paying baby expenses is affluence. Plus entertainment and babysitters!? Most of us don’t go out that much!
- Replying to @taylorsschumannI used to work in mental health advocacy, but once I had my son I became convinced most problems parents of young kids have (with physical/mental health, coping, impatience, etc.) could be addressed by just consistently getting enough sleep. Sleep deprivation is destructive.
- Replying to @taylorsschumannSometimes the defense I see of this is men with ADHD or other neurodivergence, but women also have ADHD and we have to just fight our brain to manage our household/lives. It’s not instinctive, it’s work to know what needs to be done. It’s why project management is a job.