Confronting your mom in the family group chat after she R...

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1. Mom RSVP'd '+1: him' for Father's Day.
2. I didn't—what screenshot are you looking at?
3. Here, on the invite; it literally says 'him'.
4. Who typed 'him'?
5. It's under Mom's RSVP; he’s listed.
6. Okay fine, he asked me to add him.
7. Who asked? You mean Dad?
8. Wait—your dad? The one who left?
9. Yes. He left when I was six.
10. He called this morning and sounded different.
11. You accepted his RSVP without telling me.
12. Mom, don't decide this alone.
13. I thought a meeting could be healing.
14. Healing? You call surprise reunions healing?
15. He did DM me last week.
16. What did he say?
17. He said he was sorry, wanted to meet privately.
18. Privately? Why is he showing up publicly?
19. He insisted on Father's Day at Grandma's.
20. So Grandma will see him. You didn't consult Grandma.
21. Grandma's fragile, Mom; you know that.
22. I couldn't deny her.
23. You prioritized his feelings over mine.
24. Did he apologize to you directly ever?
25. No. He sent postcards when he remembered.
26. People change; maybe he wants closure.
27. Closure doesn't make up for twenty years of absence.
28. Also, his Instagram shows he's been in town.
29. So he lied to everyone.
30. If you embarrass him, you'll embarrass me too.
31. That's blackmail, Mom; I won't be controlled.