Tag: Family

  • Christmas doesn’t mean family gatherings for me.

    I know that many people are spending time being invited to gatherings this time of year. I don’t envy them much because those things make me extremely anxious. I don’t have that life. I haven’t really seen my dads family much since he passed away nearly 13 years ago. Mum’s family don’t invite us to…

  • Learning not to be a pushover sometimes feels mean.

    I have felt better since I started saying no to people. However, I still feel slightly mean and it is worse when people have tried to guilt trip with their actions. There became a pattern of my niece only messaging me when she wanted money. I told her straight last time she started a conversation…

  • Non royals can also feel trapped.

    I used to go to my mum’s on Saturday nights for pizza and for Sunday lunch. That used to be the routine every weekend for many years. I’ve slowly stopped doing that more recently despite that being my household bubble. I’m grown up now. Now she gets all offended, moaning at me that she’s lonely.…

  • 7th Feb… 11 years have gone too quickly!

    It’s the 11th anniversary of my Dads death. 7th Feb 2010. Ironically it was a Sunday back when it happened. I am just awake not really thinking about the date. I put my mind off of the anniversary by doing some well over due cleaning around flat. It smells so lovely in here now. The…