I don't really know what to think at this point. Sometimes the shit people say just feels alien to me, honestly.
My mom told me she wants to adopt an 18 year old which I don't even know if thats possible, which is actually fine as long as she doesn't abuse them, power to em.
But she says she wants to adopt a pregnant 18 year old so she can have "normal grandkids who are not autistic."
Now you see where I'm going with this and this gets worse.
Now my mom has been obsessed with adoption fr as long as I can remember which puts this in a worse context.
Then, she says that she wants to adopt a daughter, so that she can experience, what it is like to have a daughter who is not autistic.
She goes on to say she would want someone "capable" of taking care of my little brother, who I AM GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS IS INEVITABLE BECAUSE EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY WHO CAN CARE FOR HIM IS OLDER AND I AM THE YOUNGEST, I WILL BE THE LAST ONE ALIVE WHO CAN AND WHK ACTUALLY KNOWS HIM.
THIS is my integral role in my family, and my identity, that I will be the one who cares for my brother when my parents die.
so yeah, she wants to replace me, even though I am going through hell trying to use the land I just bought to makes good homestead so I can care for my family and have kids and make sure my parents never have to go to an old folks home, in an affordable way.
And she knows this.
The worst part is, I know her, and I know she didn't say it to hurt me, but was dead serious.
And that makes it even worse.
What she said feels alien, unbelievable to me, and like a bad dream. But she said it, and looking back I realize she has implied it to, for years, for long, long time.