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Obsidian Blackbird.'s avatar

Jeez girl. Us writers us... so many layers of reflection... distilling lifes essences :)

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Amy Mrotek's avatar

Sounds like us indeed. Who needs a quiet brain?!

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Lidija P Nagulov's avatar

we have an 'almost capsized' story in our family and we legit could have all died but it remains one of my fondest childhood memories.

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Amy Mrotek's avatar

She really is a special lil human <3 She also constantly reminds me why I actually quite like hanging around little little ones. They're just bundles of untainted curiosity + joy.

And what can I say...vacations always somehow make me feel weird 😅

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Amy Mrotek's avatar

No that’s very fair — the child orientation is actually part of it.

I’m a thirty year old woman, and it’s really not an exaggeration how often strangers (much less family and to some degree friends) make assumptive comments about having children. It’s a topic for a whole nuther time lol.

The cashier automatically jumping to “oh, you’ll have a daughter too!” after I simply clarified about my niece really is a prime example. Ik there’s no malice or judgement when most people say these things. They’re being friendly. But it assumes a lot and just doesn’t always land how people may think.

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