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Jun 23Liked by Ossiana Tepfenhart

Thanks yet again, for exploring some of the hairy edges and guts of trying to be a functioning adult in this bent world. You’re constructive, supportive and caring. Thank you, Ossiana, for using your writing talents to bring more understanding and healing. Thanks for trusting us with your insights- You’re appreciated!

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Jun 23Liked by Ossiana Tepfenhart

You help me understand. I was out of the loop, ball gagged and distracted by a family of hate leeches. They are all dead. (No I didn't kill their silent generation fascist waste of GD space selves. I know millennials got a raw deal. I got kicked out home at 15 for saying Jesus loved ( replace epithet with LGBTQIA+. We had no PC terms att.) the cops brought me home and my dad got busted. whatever C'est la f***** vie. I'm better. I learn every day. You are part of that. That's love and respect.

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"Many of them assumed their kids would be the ones to financially support them in their old age."

My mom just assumed I would buy her house and rent it back to her at a nominal rate. She was shocked (shocked!) that I had no interest in this plan, let alone the means to do it.

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NO contact with my mother since 2006. I do not feel ANY lack on this account.

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I was 14 when the Drew Barrymore movie "Irreconcilable Differences" was on HBO. I knew there was hope then.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087482/?ref_=tt_urv

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