• 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I have like a lot of comments with some fucked-up family stuff like: “Oh yea btw my mom said she want a 3rd child because she’s disappointed in her first 2 children” and then I feel like I’m trauma-dumping too much lol

    • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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      3 months ago

      Easy for me to do that kind of thing as well. Like, to me, there’s just kinda funny stories, but perhaps others don’t see it that way. OTOH, I have a hard time asking people I’m not really comfortable with basic small-talk questions sometimes because it feels like prying. Like, I don’t mind dropping something like “I found out recently that the person who birthed us traded us for a blanket once*” but I might feel weird asking how people’s holidays were.

      *its not anywhere near as bad as it sounds