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My aunt msgd the family chat this morning, asking why the chat has been so dead lately. Asked if it was just all of us being busy or whether it was the winter blues.
I want to respond with: "my blues are not confined to just one season, [aunt name]"
But I have refrained and will not say that at all lol.
Same aunt who, when I posted about my rent increase, basically said "well, I bought a house as a single mum with three kids! Took me a year but I did it!".
Okay, aunt. Well done. Must have been very hard. ๐
A whole year!!!
a year of saving, a year of looking for a house, a year of organising a loan, what took a year ??????
because that is just unbelieveable
also, hugs for the blues ๐ซ
A year of talking to banks to be approved for a loan iirc.
Neglecting to remember my dad, who has never owned his own house and only had one child which he never had any custody of, despite working his arse off since he was 18 and kicked out by Opa (their relationship has long since been repaired).
She's out of touch. She's a wonderful person, but so woefully unaware of the struggles of her youngest brother, let alone her own children or niblings.