my worst chanukkah

[porphyre]

A memory. A holiday dinner. A Jewish thing on the edge of the country with a family I can't seem to like. I am here with the eldest son, my employer, a shallow, suburban creature who, when he speaks in glowing colours about his ex-girlfriend, repeats how she stayed a size zero, because she knew he likes girls small. He is certain that everyone

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[morbid_curious]

That sounds like a complete hellscape of a social engagement. I hope the season is much, much kinder to you this year.

[porphyre]

That entire period, working for that guy, was awful. The levels of sexism endured at that workplace were nearly absurdist. It's been a couple of years. They still owe me severance and I don't even care.

[morbid_curious]

Mm. There are certainly some times when writing off a debt has a lower personal cost than having to deal with that party again.

[morbid_curious]

Unrelated to the current post, you just happened to come up in conversation this evening. I caught up with James for the first time in far too many years, and have now also met Navi :-)