un: abnormalitylover, voice

[abnormalizes]

How do I get my friends to not be upset when I talk about life at home?

It's not like they can do anything about it or like bad things are happening here now, so I mostly just feel bad for making them feel bad and making the conversation really awkward.

Is this a normal part of having friends? It sucks and I would like to opt out, please.

Comments

[blazeoflife]

--Yeah, I can totally relate to that. Had a similar situation crop up with my bestie when I ended up fessing up about my homelife. Asked her over ramen to just not... dwell on it too much, y'know?

If anything, being treated 'normally' makes what you dealt with easier TO deal with. Like you can ignore it for a bit yourself.

[ ...He still thought your world was super fucked up tho, gotta be real, Eva. ]

[abnormalizes]

[It is comparatively fucked up and she knows that, but it also is just what she's used to...]

Right, like, here is great because I don't have to deal with all that stuff. I don't want to think too much about how bad it is.

[blazeoflife]

What about like, making an agreement with em?

If you say something about your world, they're allowed to say 'wow that's fucked up!' once and only once?

And then like, move on the conversation. Not linger on it.

Eat some ramen and focus on that.

[ Wait that might just be him and Kotone-- ]

[abnormalizes]

Oh - that's not a bad idea, that might work. I think I'll try that, thank you.

[blazeoflife]

Heey, us 'fake it till you make it' types gotta stick together somehow, right?

Glad to help though. I'll keep that in mind next time you bring shit up too.

[abnormalizes]

Glad to hear it. It, uh, probably helps if it comes up when you're in a slightly more calm state of mind.

[As opposed to having just seen someone get eaten on camera.]

[blazeoflife]

Ahahaaaaa... yeaaaah.

[ A pause. ]

I am a lil' embarrassed about that reaction, if anything because I have seen some weird shit. Shadowy goop monsters, end of the world gods, People turning into coffins in the hidden hour between one day and the next.

...You know, the usual teenage bullshit, haha.

[abnormalizes]

No, no, there's nothing to be embarrassed about! If there's anything I've learned in my job, it's that exposure to one kind of weird bullshit does not necessarily prepare you for different weird bullshit.

[Junpei is so valid actually.]

I probably wouldn't know what to do if I met an actual god.