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Drive to the folks was ok. Tensions were minimal and then ramped up when newly deconstructing brother made a very tame joke about the pope. I though it was funny, he just said the pope should bless little bottles of Malort instead of holy water. The parents were not amused.
I slept in the guest room below the kitchen. Their fridge is old and the compressor has started to howl. It sounds like car horns blasting in the distance. I did not sleep well and I'm going to need a lot of emotional control today.
I don't think even the pope can exorcise the foul demons of malort
Old fridges make some scary noises. Mine kinda sounds like someone screaming.
You got this! It's one day of the year
we have a not so old fridge that sounds like an old farting monk....so yeah...that sucks.
I absolutely hate the holidays that people feel obligated to be with family. I had a good upbringing but found out later in life how self centered and narcissistic my family was. I have lived my own life apart from them, mostly because growing up it was either get a sport scholarship to college or the military and I chose the latter, which freed me in a lot more ways than I realized at the time.
I hope you can get some distance and find the family you deserve.