I gotta say, the toxic stories of the gaslighting and abuse in Gud's stories, followed by all the same reassurances every time actually makes me really, really anxious and stirring a lot of painful stuff up in my own past.

Same. It's literally part of the reason I'm in therapy, and it stirs up my raaaaaaage and shame like crazy.

Glad your dad is safe -t

It's her FB. There are plenty of ways for her to get help. Contact FB directly. Reach out to people she knows. Google her problem and see if someone else has had it.

You are busy and she knows this.

I don't have a spouse to rely on to fix those kinds of problems for me and even if I did I would still work on it myself. Especially if my spouse were busy.

I finally messages my Trumpster uncle to ask after this weekend what could Trump do to lose his support .

Become an uber liberal was the response. I said so becoming like me would make you reject him ok. And uncle shot back that I was doing the same thing . I told him that actually I don't know why he supports Trump because I didn't think my uncle had the same values as Trump. I see Trump as the antithesis of Christ. (What I didn't say was you are a preacher this is what I don't understand) but if my uncle agrees with all the horrorible things that Trump does then yes I'm rejecting him.

Scarfed an apple, now have hiccups.

I keep feeling like I should say something on FB about Charlotte, but I just can't. It's too much.

Gud, it's unpossible that TCLBITW is starting a career! And that her younger brother is in a college-high school senior year.

Unpossible, I say. Congrats to them, and to you for getting them this far.

I refrain from comment on any other family member.

Well now he's said that Obama is going to go down in history as the most narcissistic, racist president so I am rejecting him

Well now he's said that Obama is going to go down in history as the most narcissistic, racist president so I am rejecting him

I've hit the point where, when people (even loved ones) say things like this, I just laugh and laugh. That is genuinely all I can do. (And then I unfollow/unfriend on FB.)

Sorry if my posts are triggering. Maybe I shouldn't vent.

I'm legitimately curious why he would think Obama was the most racist president. I'd go with Andrew Jackson there.

Sorry if my posts are triggering. Maybe I shouldn't vent.

Okay, I'm going to get all-capsy here, and I'm doing it out of affection.

YOU NEED TO KEEP POSTING HERE. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO VENT TO US. WE LOVE YOU AND WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY AND WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING. DON'T YOU DARE STOP POSTING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

t the over-protective tag about you people never closes

I've noticed that it's pretty much impossible to argue with a Trump supporter without them, unprompted, making some outrageous claim about Obama and/or Hillary, i.e., Obama is going to go down in history as the most narcissistic, racist president; another I heard recently was that Obama *hates* the Red States. There really isn't any evidence for their claims, it's all just projection.