u/ConstantRide5382

Drunk dad, battered mom. Of my two older sisters, one became a vicious bully, and the other became our caretaker. When they both got old enough and ran, I became the caretaker to the youngest.

Part of me resents being left behind, but so grateful they got out when they could. I still don't speak with my sister, even though she's tried to amend things before. I guess I just don't understand why she chose to take it out on us, the only people who could understand what she was going through. Sometimes she was even scarier than my dad.

How did being raised by alcoholics change the dynamics between your siblings? Did you band together to survive? Did you turn on each other? How are your relationships with them now, in adulthood?

I'm trying to write a story and I think I need to expose myself to stories with similar premises. Cults that sacrifice to their god of choice is most ideal to me. Preferably ones where the cult is hidden, so some discovery must take place, and ideally a female lead! Thank you in advance :)

My situation is different than others.

I've been with my partner for 5 years, and he has a 5 year old son I've known since he was 8 months old.

BM is not in the picture-- she hid the pregnancy and was going to give SS up before DH was informed and claimed his child. She was in and out of SS's life until last year, where she vanished entirely. SS seems oblivious to her absence. In the gap, I stepped in.

I do a lot for him, but remain uninvolved in his education, medical decisions and his special needs services (autism, cerebral palsy, feeding tube, etc). I THINK I feel like his mommy? I love and care for him, but I guess I'm just not sure how much say I have in his future. I wasn't sure if DH would acknowledge me today. In either circumstance, I could understand why.

But no! I received flowers and a home cooked steak meal. Heartfelt words about my impact in the family. Some time alone while SS visited grandma, and time with SS in the evening!

I'm just pleasantly surprised in how today turned out :) I know it can be really agonizing for other women in different circumstances. My heart goes out to them~ I also want to celebrate the victories where we can!

Happy Mother's Day to all you beautiful stepmoms! I see you and the work and sacrifice you make every day for the family. You're amazing!!

OBVIOUSLY the meta answer is because Sumia is a marriage option whereas Cordelia is not.

If we were to use our headcanons or actual in-game evidence (story/character wise) why do you think Sumia succeeded where Cordelia failed?

Both women seem to have crushes on him, both prioritize him and vye for his love. What tipped the scales in Sumia's favor?

(This is just for fun!!)

I've been replaying Awakening, it was my first Fire Emblem game and truly my favorite! I love the supports and interactions between the characters. I also love thinking up headcanons surrounding the characters.

I never had friends who liked FE:A, so I kept all these headcanons to myself. I'm really curious on other people's headcanons and would love to hear them! I'll list a couple of mine below:

1. Chrom could never grow close to Cordelia because she becomes a flustered, stuttering mess in front of him. Conversations always turned awkward and Chrom has little tolerance for that sort of discomfort, aha.

2. Gerome, like his mother, finds things like bugs and monsters cute.

Is it common to experience "morning sickness" at different times of the day? I've been feeling queasy after each meal, not just in the morning. Is this a normal experience?

My child is 5 years-old and has level 3 nonverbal autism. He loves books, but can get loud when he's excited (happy shrieks). He also LOVES books. In order to combat his tablet addition, I got us a library card.

Librarians, would that sort of noise be a big disturbance? Would you rather not have the child around, and have the adult come to check out books instead? Or is noise okay inside the children's section? Thank you