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Who are the members of your chosen families? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by stemy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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-I'm on a Discord server composed with people i know since a dozen years. Despite some heavy drama, this is the most perennial community i've ever frequented. We care heavily for eachother and they know some thing i never told to my own mother. We were first on a discussion forum then moved to discord when the site linked to the forum died.

-My sister's friends. She is so close to them that they all became mine.

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[–] JayJLeas@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

My bros I met when I was working at KFC about 18 years ago.
One is an extrovert who adopted me because I was sitting and reading alone in the break room on his first day and who is happy to advise me when I struggle.
The other is another introvert who sometimes goes AWOL for weeks or months but I know always has my back in the end and I can tell him anything.
Lately we've been trying to get together every month at least for my mental health and it has been amazing.
Somewhat recently (about 9 years ago I think) one of them gained a partner who's been an amazing addition to our little found family.
All of us have abusive parents, so we're all each other's family.