What A Dog’s Mother!

(I’ve recently come out to my parents as transgender. They haven’t spoken to me since. More recently, I had to put my dog to sleep, and I miss him terribly. I decide to text my mother to see if she will send me old pictures of him.)

Me: “I guess I understand if you don’t want to talk to me anymore, but would you consider sending me old pictures of [Dog]?”

Mom: “I can’t right now. I’m picking up prescriptions for Prozac and Xanax to deal with how stressed out you’ve made me.”

(Well, gosh, I’m part of a marginalized identity and my dog died, but I’m sure sorry she’s stressed out over it!)

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