It’s like, let’s continue the conversation where we left off please; or if this brings questions into your head, just ask them. Clearly you have something you want to say, but you don’t know if it is socially acceptable so you’re just saying nothing

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Sometimes I just wanna talk about it not for sympathy or for attention but just because I wanna talk about it but it’s basically an off-limits topic because it always just kills the vibe.

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It’s even worse when people are super super attentive because then it’s like they’re trying so hard. I just wanna have a normal conversation where I can mention my dad and no one misses a beat

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Normalize talking about heavy shit 😭

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the damn is what would immediately pop into my head if I heard someone tell me that

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Haven’t gone through that specifically but I get it. A lot of my major life events have been similarly heavy. When people are trying to make conversation/get to know me they inevitably ask something that I’d have to talk about if I’m being truthful, so I’m usually vague and save it for people I’m closer to. Not because it’s hard to talk about, just to save them the awkwardness lol

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