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[pedanther]

At Making Light, September 21 is Dysfunctional Families Day.

There are a plenitude of days for celebrating your parents and getting together with your family. There aren’t a lot of days when you can admit that your parents actually drove you completely bats, or that you’d rather learn autotrepanning with a Black and Decker than sit down with the people who made your first 18 years a misery. And some people need that, because that’s the truth of their lives, and pretending otherwise is poison to the soul.

Every year, Making Light hosts a discussion thread for people who have come out of (or are still mired in) dysfunctional and unhappy families to talk about their experiences, let some steam off, see that they are not alone. Those of us who have been fortunate in our families are enjoined from attempting to make helpful remarks. Anonymous commenting is fully supported.

This year's conversation is now open.

If you know somebody who might find something like this helpful, even just to lurk and read without saying anything, please pass the word. (Being an existing member of the Making Light community is not required; the community welcomes any visitors that don't go out of their way to be a nuisance.)

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[justice-turtle.livejournal.com]

Thanks.