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I'd like to take a moment to give a little love to kids who grew up with Passive Aggressive Parents/Guardians
A little love to the kids whose parents dumped their problems they had with each other on you instead of confronting each other.
A little love to the kids who felt they had to be the messenger, mediator, and couple's therapist for their parents because they couldn't communicate with each other.
A little love to kids who had to play guessing games to try and figure out what their parents wanted from them.
A little love to the kids who felt very lucky to be in a household where their parents rarely yelled and fought until they realized that there was always tension hanging in the air of unspoken arguments.
A little love to the kids who felt the weight of the tension on their shoulders and were anxious and stressed and sad because of it.
A little love to the kids who winced every time their parents would smile and laugh while talking about their frustrations instead of being straightforward about their feelings.
A little love to the kids who realized they internalized all these traits and saw how it hurt themselves and the people they had relationships with.
A little love to the kids who are slowly trying to work the passivity out of their system, better their confrontation skills, and communicate better because they've seen what it does to people.
You are strong and I send you my love and support.
Parents and relatives wonder why I so obnoxiously rebel and get so easily riled up when denied something I need. They mistake it as "tantrums of a spoiled child". Scandal erupts when I'm "rude and impolite"and "disrespect"elders.
I'm not spoiled. It is because I've seen my mother and my aunts never raise their demands because they were led to believe that their wants' were secondary. I will scream obscenities at men older than me, for questioning my clothing.
I'm everything they could have been, I'm doing everything they weren't allowed to do, I will never forget my worth. The Internalized misogyny ends with me.
I acknowledge you've had it hard. I'm just making sure it doesn't continue.