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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/JadeM785 on 2023-08-23 16:36:45.
I hate when people tell me about sad shit because genuinely how the fuck do you respond to that?
My Nana has an absolutely brutal past and family history, full of abuse (physical, mental, and sexual), and I’ve always known she didn’t have an easy childhood and that she was abused, but I had the pleasure of hearing the details the other day.
It was awkward as shit.
What am I supposed to say in that situation? Do you really need to tell your 16 year old grandkid that you watched your mother get raped?
That was mostly a rant, but also I would like to know how to respond in these kinds of situations, because there have been like 3 in the past few months and it’s been equally as awkward. (The nana thing, my sisters friends brother died, and my second cousin or smth like that was diagnosed with cancer).