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[firewalled]

"Yo. Rich here. Not Richard, just Rich. Anyways, if you need something, leave a message and I'll see if I can squeeze you into my schedule. Peace!"

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[firewalled]

i know youve only given me the bare minimum explanation of where you came from and thats fair and all
but seriously what the fuck
u gotta stop just saying things like that without context

...btw are u just quoting parenting methods at me or adhd techniques or what exactly

[pineapplesalmon]

🤣 But it's funnier to say it without context! But you know I mostly just forget lol

Both parenting and ADHD. Also, coworking in general.

[firewalled]

god you are such a nerd
a nerd who's been reading parenting books apparently.

[pineapplesalmon]

Loud and proud, too
I read them when Rex was born, you know. I was a year younger than you. My parents made fun of me, but I was nervous

[firewalled]

you really wanted to be make sure you were a good big brother
that's really sweet honestly
my older brother was only about 10 when he had to start looking after me

[That's... probably bad to mention though.]

[pineapplesalmon]

My parents asked me how much I wanted to be involved, and I said 'yes'. I was going to university to work more in depth on their project anyways so I could back up my breakthroughs with a PhD. Might as well go all in at that point. Anyway, I won the argument we should teach him baby sign language because Rex has *lungs*.
Mmm, Rex was that age when we got separated and our parents died. Not that I'm trying to compare. It just leapt to my mind immediately that there's too many kids who have suffered such terrible loss. I'm glad you, your brother, and Rex all made it to the other side.
(FTR as an aside, Rex has recurrent amnesia so he remembers nothing up until he joined Providence. So if he ever shows up... he *won't* understand how it feels to lose your parents. Because you lost both of your parents the day your lost your mother.)

[Maybe a little, but for different reasons. Also that's all sent at one message.]

[firewalled]

He was that big of a cryer, huh? Hard to imagine you with a baby, especially that young.

[As he reads the rest of the message, though, it's hard to focus on anything heartwarming.]

Sort of.
We made it through but after the squip i treated him like garbage
when he left for college we hadn't made up
and he's skipped town now so i dont even know where he lives

but that aside
i'm sure it's worse to have a brother who can't remember you at all rather than one who just wants to forget you exist
it sucks that you had to go through that.
losing your whole family at once

[pineapplesalmon]

More of a screamer, tbh.

[Oops.]

Ah. The more I hear about the SQUIP, the more I hate that damned thing.
I know you'd make up with him if you could. Like I would with my brother.

I'd rather not compare them. It was easier, I think. He wanted to get to know me. And he was in a lot of ways the same. He never really hated me.
But... I did lose my entire family. And had no one to talk about it with. But your other dads have been good with helping me get through my grief when it pops up, and I've got them to lean on. You help me just be being around.

It sucks we both had to go through what we did. But we have each other now.