• emizeko [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Sitting around the breakfast table after the 6 a.m. day-care drop-off and "morning strategy walk" the Collinses take every day, Malcolm read aloud a text message from his mother. She wanted to know how he and Simone planned to monetize their pronatalism "hobby." "Remember: Everything is transactional," she texted.

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      My mom responded to my criticism of her transactional nature by saying “well shouldn’t we get something out of our relationships?”

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I tell my other family members that once you realize my mom's first and really only concern is herself everything she does makes sense.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        real talk if i have kids i just wanna see them grow

        theyre like plants but can walk

        sounds fun

    • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      That paragraph made me feel so bad the first time I read it. And it hasn't lost any of its impact since.