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[superbadgirl]

This social distancing is driving me bonkers. Not me doing it - to be honest, it's not terribly different to my regular life - it's my family. Specifically my brother's wife, who I can barely tolerate in general. I realize this makes me sound like a horrible human being, but she's... trust me, she's just a LOT to take. Always on to the point you can't tell if she's for real or for fake.

And apparently she's bored right now. The family text group is being bombarded with images and random "this is what I'm doing right this second" updates, and has been for weeks now. Listen. It's not that I don't care, it's that I don't need the endless stream of nonsense. As I was trying to enjoy dinner just now, for example, my phone pinged TEN TIMES. And don't get me started on the countless "loved, liked, laughed at" posts that come with a regurgitation of the message that was "loved, liked, laughed at". WHY CAN'T WE JUST LOL????

All right, I'm a terrible person. But if the text group didn't occasionally have important communication, I'd be removing myself for my own sanity. I wonder if I just ask my sister to keep me in the loop...

Comments

[readerjane]

I've got a small chat group of close friends, and usually I have the app set to show notifications. But last week there was so much chatter that it was stressing me out too much, so I turned the notifications off. Now I just check the group a couple times a day, and that has been much easier.

[superbadgirl]

Good idea, thanks!