Home for the holidays update #2: step parent still manic, and their dentures are still missing. Bio parent insists on wearing MAGA merch ("I'm proud of it!" they declare) while wondering why we don't have a better relationship. I'm over here white-knuckling my way through every day.

Home for the holidays update: manic step-parent lost their dentures. Refuses to take meds because, "Everyone will be having fun on Christmas and I want to have fun, too."

Nothing like a phone call from a narcissistic parent and their unmedicated manic spouse to add a little excitement to the evening!

‪Stressed about heading home for the holidays, where I’m both the audience and the unpaid actor in a tragicomedy I didn’t audition for.