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idk how close you are, just start yapping. here are my fav things i’ve asked my mom:
did you ever question your career and what would you do if you didn’t do what you did?
what was your favorite halloween costume?
what did you do for your 21st birthday?
what do you fear?
do you hate anyone?
have you ever smoked a cigarette or had a lemon drop shot?
who was your favorite boyfriend (aside from past or current husbands)
if you got a tattoo what would you get?
what did pregnancy feel like? what did giving birth feel like?
do you ever regret having kids?
what was your fav music as a teenager?
if you were an animal, what animal would you be?
when you look at me, do you see more of your face or dad’s?
what was the first movie you ever saw in theaters and how much did it cost?
what was your favorite hair style you ever had? was it the perm?
what as the angriest you ever made your mom (my nana)?
if you could change anything about yourself, what would it be?
did you feel lost in your 20’s?
do you feel lost now?
do we ever feel older or do we just get older?
Feb 24, 2025
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every time I have a long walk awaiting me, i Tippity tap in my moms phone number and talk to her about nothing for the duration of my walk. Today I rang up my mother and strutted my stuff for 2 hours.
We breached topics such as: what is the best way to season a pestle and mortar? does survivor comes out on tuesdays or wednesdays? David Shrigley? did She win bananagrams when we played it a couple of weeks ago or did she in fact totally cheat and none of her words were real words in any language?
All in all. I recommend doing this, your mother will love it and you will be the favorite child. and It’s fun to see where your brain might take u
Feb 27, 2024
if you ever have the opportunity to go with one of your parents to where they grew up, take it. you’ll hear things you’ve never heard before, see things they saw, bask in their nostalgia with them.
ask questions
listen to their childhood playlist
i believe we’re closer now than we were before we arrived.
May 1, 2025
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i’ll be 27 soon and still living at home because it’s expensive to breath at the moment. im grateful to have a mom that didn’t kick me out at 18 and helps me out so much, but i grew up really sheltered and she’s only loosened up fairly recently as my younger siblings get older. she very much had (has? idk) issue with seeing me as a teenager and not an adult. she was weird about me drinking, weird about dating, even weird about me using tampons for a while...she meant well but i think as her oldest it was hard for her to accept me growing up.
i used to dye my hair crazy colors and i finally got her to be like ok but no bleach and i said ok knowing full well i needed bleach. so i just used bleach. after years of me dying my hair she finally found out when i stopped dyeing. by that time it was too late to say anything. i wouldnt tell her the full truth about where i was going and what i was doing until way after i made it home in one piece. within reason though bc genuinely i wanted to respect her and the roof she helps keep over my head!
if she’s like “oh that shirt is very cropped” im just like “yes and i bought it.” little things like that. as long as im not a freeloader i dont see the issue with respecting my autonomy.
anyways my mom is very much not the kind to talk back to but if i could slowly push a limit, i would. you gotta let adulthood take the reign and they will have to just deal. it sounds harsh but also not nearly as scary as it seems.
Jun 8, 2025
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