Forget armed bodyguards: I need someone to invent an Auntie app. It pairs you with an Auntie (any gender/race) about a generation older than you. They spend the day on the phone with you, tell you not to worry because you’re amazing, and make you give the phone to strangers so they can talk you up
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Auntie also gotta give the youts some straight talk about how things are goin’, and keep the tea hot.
Whoops I may have signed myself up.
not yer Mom. not gonna get emotionally (over)invested in the drama for one’s own sake. Gonna tell you how awesome you are, & also hold up how awesomer you COULD be, & help you step up.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Living_Through_Algorithms
It’s hard to be supportive, but also set boundaries
I could be a better fake Auntie to a rando.