Okay so I’ve told this story before… completely changed my perspective on my beliefs.

One day, I was making food for my young one. He was maybe a bit over 2 years old? Maybe 3. Anyway, I made him food and said “anything you don’t eat, I’ll put into a baggie”.

He then asks “what’s a baggie?” I show him the sandwich baggies in the drawer and then explain that grocery bags can also be called “baggies”, say “see?” then showed him a plastic grocery bag from the cupboard.

His eyes get all wide then ge starts sobbing. Alarmed, I ask him what’s wrong and he sobs “No baggie!!! No baggie!!!” I asked him why and he says, still crying, “My old mommy… she put a baggie over my head and I died!” He then immediately stops crying, like nothing had happened, and went to play with his cars. I tried to coax him into repeating what he had just said, like “what? Hun, what do you mean? What did you say?” And he looked at me like I was bonkers and just said “huh?”, apparently not remembering what he had said moments before, even after I brought it up at multiple different times of the day.

All of this was completely out of character for him, and nothing like that ever happened again. He was never told about death or shown it in any media at that point or anything else like that, so I was baffled.

It definitely made me rethink my stance on things like reincarnation and stuff like that. It was… too strange. Never could explain it.

I’ll adopt a cat. 🤞

EDIT: I read the question wrong, but I’m keeping it up.

Never 4get.

I didn’t do this. I voted for the less evil of the parties, I advocate for the handicapped and disabled, I support LGBTQ+ rights, I give resources to those who can’t afford healthcare or houses. I did what I fucking could.

This is like blaming the individual for pollution. Who’s contributing the most to pollution?

It sucks. It sucks so fucking hard. But we need to keep going and not cease our efforts in the face of despair.

I’m doing what I can. That’s what I can do, and that’s what I will do.

Hello it’s me ur friend I’m coming over for dinner

There is no line for me.

I’m incredibly fragile and seeing people I care about be hurt by all this hurts me incredibly much.

I’m now avoiding the news and doing my best to instead be a positive influence, help where I am able, offer support, donate what I can, etc.

I refuse to let evil fucking idiots steal my joy.

—sees a woman in a game store—

“Ummmm is she lost?” —scoff—

—laugh track plays—

Unironically actually in the show.

Gave birth.

My sister used to identify as bisexual. Now she identifies as pansexual. Why? She says she feels it more encompasses trans inclusion, as well.

I was a child who had been SA’d by an adult man. The adults around me told me to pray for forgiveness. I was 12.

Years later, I went to get a visitor’s pass to visit a friend at my old Christian school. They aggressively denied me entrance.

I have a museum near me that has some old trains… 🤔

Absolutely.

Yeah… don’t love the “women will be actively trying to ruin your life”–angle.

However, it’s a good idea to let him know that some potential partners will have bad/manipulative intentions, no matter the gender, and how to look out for that.

I made no mention of my kid’s orientation, so… make of that what you will. Lol

Non-stop?

His point isn’t wrong

Women will baby-trap the living fuck out of young men. He NEEDS to know this.

The above sentence is the one I’m taking a stand against. The rest was fine up until that.

It absolutely happens, no doubt! Never disagreed with that!

But putting out such a general statement like “women will baby-trap you!” is such a broad statement. Statements like that are often used to stir up hostility and is a common tactic used in spaces that are anti-women.

Me saying “men will assault you!” would not be acceptable and would get me attacked and downvoted to hell. It’s astounding to me that statements like this about women are supported.

A lot of the social expectations of the time pressured young people to marry and have children as soon as they were out of school. You didn’t even have to like your partner– as long as you adhere to what is expected of you, otherwise you’ll bring shame onto your family. Being “othered” by your community could lead to losing jobs/promotions, social ostracization, bullying, etc.

So you do what is expected of you, even if it’s not what you want. You have regrets about the life you could have had. You get bitter. You get angry. You lash out at your wife and children, blaming them for why you couldn’t do something else, be somewhere else, or live the life you truly wanted without all of these “expectations”: work a job where you are miserable to make money to buy a home and support your new family, give up your hobbies, your friends, your time, even your identity… for what? To live a life you really didn’t even want?

Now you expect your children to do the same. Go through the same thing. Because it’s “tradition”. It’s just what you do! An artist?? You can’t support a family on that!! Why don’t you get a better job?? Why are you wasting your life by not making enough money?? You expect to raise a family on this salary?? You don’t want a family?? What are you, gay??? What will the neighbors think???

WHY ARE YOU NOT SACRIFICING YOUR FUTURE TO UPHOLD “THE NORM” LIKE I DID??? DO YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE BETTER THAN ME??? I WORKED MY ASS OFF TO KEEP A GOOD NAME AND LOOK NORMAL AND YOU WANT TO RUIN IT ALL??? MAKE LIKE ALL MY HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE WAS FOR NOTHING???

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Some of them just can’t be happy unless you do what was expected of them, as well. Doesn’t matter how much things have changed. You need to sacrifice yourself in order to achieve. If you don’t… you’re “lazy”, “selfish”, and all that.

They’re angry because you get to make choices, while they were pressured into their life– a life they never wanted/weren’t prepared for.

I’m more shocked at the amount of upvotes the comment has.