I set my phone so it plays sad trombone when my mom texts me. šŸ˜‚
Don't be the kind of parent whose adult child sets their phone to play sad trombone when you text.
When my mom gets a text, her phone plays a recording of "I'm Donald Trump, and I approved this message," so ...
That's just one indication of what I'm dealing with here.
At some point you realize that your parent sucks, it's not going to change, and being honest about it might help other people with sucky parents feel less alone.
@APBBlue one of my parents is a Trumptard. They are quite hard to get along with most times but I’m alive and generally healthy so gotta be thankful for that. My perfunction is proportional to how many symptoms they display on a given visit šŸ˜›