Got called a piece of shit by my mother and step mother because I didn’t want to bring my newborn to “my” birthday party at a bar 1.5 hours away where people drink and smoke during sick season. They said the most hurtful things they could even think of to me but I guess I’m just supposed to forget about it. I was still going to attend but just leave my baby at home with my wife. The party is actually for a little girl that they kind of adopted but they lumped me in since our birthdays are close. My mom likes to go to that bar because it’s 30 seconds away from their house and she likes to get blackout drunk and gamble on the slot machines. She also usually tries to hit me in the face when she’s drunk. It’s great.

I’m still going. I feel really bad for the little girl they have and I’m trying to be the better person. I’m just so sick of it.

Sorry to trauma dump. I don’t really have friends

Sucks. My partner and I had a nasty fight Saturday night and haven’t talked or made up. And I’m not sure he wants to. Been together three years. I haven’t told my kid. She will be devastated.

Very positively. Just my spouse and I, no guests, no plans for the holiday. Those are the best plans in my opinion.

I’ve been awake for 30 minutes and am already on social media so not great

It’s Thanksgiving in the US. I was expecting it to be like any other year where the treaty to not talk politics would hold. But those who voted for He Who Shall Not Be Named have been consuming social media about how their families are turning on them and disinviting them from holidays. They have already indicated they will be stirring up drama despite being seated at the family dinner they were invited to. I have enlisted the help of three others to bluntly interject with an unrelated, apolitical icebreaker question when things start veering. We have about a dozen written down on cards so far, would welcome ideas on others.