I Just Unfriended My Mother-in-Law

I just Unfriended my mother-in-law.

I have mostly been off Facebook since October, only popping back in now and then because I miss seeing what my friends have been up to, and photos of the kids and pets and culinary creations.

But.

As we are all shaken, horrified, devastated by the murder of another good citizen. I checked her Facebook. Maybe there'd be pictures of the pups, I don't know. And. There was an image. It showed an array of white people. With a title alluding to them all being killed by immigrants (it said "allegedly" so probably not entirely true.) And I got as far as reading something like, "If you're not outraged by this, then save your outrage about--"

I closed my eyes. Hard. Felt my breathing quicken and tighten. This is an anxiety attack.

When I recovered (I learned a lot in CBT to calm myself), I clicked Unfriend.

That was my last Trump supporter.

You know. I really, really tried. I did. But at this point it's about self-care. I'm done.🥹