Feb 5
I probably shouldn't use this exact phrasing with my child but sometimes when she's upset about the things toddlers get upset about, my go-to is "Yeah that sucks, I'm sorry".
Because I literally never heard that (or anything similar) growing up. To this day, the moment I express any sort of negative emotion about ANYTHING I'm met with reasons why I shouldn't feel that way or why I should know it was expected or reasons to just ignore it.
And it sucks.
#Mel's stuff#IDK I'm trying new tags#anyway the most egregious of these moments#was right after Mr Mee's best friend died due to complications from alcoholism#and I was about to try our first round of embryo implantation#and I said I was stressed and he asked what on Earth I had to be stressed about#and I yelled at him about it
