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Whenever I text with my mom, I code-switch to the way she texts and liberally sprinkle in hug, praying, and heart emojis wherever I can, and sometimes even break out Obama-era gifs. I think moms often live in a little bubble where they're just less self-conscious about what's cool or not on social media, and just interact with it in a more sincere way. From the outside it can look cheesy, but what it really is is a break from all the irony, cynicism, and microtrends where you can just be yourself 💕🥰💐
Apr 20, 2025
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Growing up has taught me that my mom is a girl too and she loves to chat. I love my mom it’s cool to have a relationship with her again❤️
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💫we’re watching soaps together (young and the restless, bold and the beautiful). she and her mom used to watch the same shows together when she was younger. it’s a happy memory for her. whenever i’m at work, mom texts me updates from the show. it’s a very sweet ritual we’ve just started. it’s fun to watch her reminisce about old storylines and explain who everyone is to me. we’ve started a new soap together called beyond the gates. even more special to begin the show with her. a new tradition built upon an old one. i look at my mom as a treasure of information of which i’ll never reach the bottom. she’s getting older, and i keep thinking about how one day, i’ll wish i’d been nicer, or more open, or taken out my headphones to listen to her talk just to talk. on days when those thoughts are overwhelming, i settle for spending time with her in the calm afternoon of her lunch break and listening to her talk about phyllis and victor and jill and cricket. sometimes, she talks over the show, but tbh i’m more interested in what she has to say than the storylines.
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Receiving this text at 10 am after a long night of partying reminded me to cherish my mommy while I have her. The emoji and attempted slang made my heart melt
Jul 11, 2025
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i like to think about taking up space in terms of circles. on a day to day basis, the size of the circle for your basic needs (drinking water, eating food, etc) doesn't really change at all. like, there's no way to minimize those needs without messing up your health (speaking as a formerly dehydrated and constantly hungry person). the circles for the other parts of your life do change- hobbies, work, etc- but also tend to change relatively slowly. when i felt bad about taking up space in the past, i moved my circles away from people-i would journal alone, eat in my car, etc. i was still taking up the same amount of space, but just doing so away from other people. what helped me feel a bit better was gently nudging my circles towards other people again- instead of eating in my car, i would eat lunch on the grass in the park (impromptu picnic), or journal in a cafe. i was still doing the activities alone, but in the same public spaces as other people. it's helpful because there's no pressure from either side to interact, but a lot of wonderful spontaneous interactions do happen that are invited from both sides. it made me feel better about taking up space because i felt like i was part of a broader social fabric, but didn't feel self-conscious about whether i belonged or not. so just keep nudging your circle of needs and hobbies closer to other people's until you overlap :)
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🍴mine is hyper-specific so i thought i'd comment it instead. i really dislike how you can feel things being produced at a lower quality over time. i inherited a nice silverware set from my grandmother, and it's mixed up now with all of my new forks that are made from stainless steel. even though the steel forks look nicer, i feel a bit sad whenever i pick one of them up to eat with. there's no heft or weight to it, it just feels cheap. but they look similar enough to the silver ones that you often can't tell until you pick them up. it's like false advertising. the worst is the silver-colored disposable plastic forks you can get in the store. like you try to scoop up some peas and they fly off your fork because the physics is all off