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Odalia Blight @blightceo
I raised my three daughters with good values and gave them everything they could need. Unfortunately, some children just don't appreciate the effort put forward, through no fault of the parents.
Reply from: Amity Noceda she/her @amitynoceda
Dear Odalia,
There are many things wrong with this tweet. Don't get me wrong, I did not stumble upon it naturally, my older sister @emiraslife found it after being tagged in the thread. It then came to my attention when she sent it to me saying and I quote ''Can you believe this b*tch?''. At first, I was inclined to ignore you as I have spent the past decade doing. After all, the most important people in my life know the truth. However upon seeing the slanderous lies you are spreading about the people I care about more than anything, including claiming certain people have ''corrupted'' your children and caused them to ''stray from the right path'', I thought I should set some facts straight;
1. You do not have three daughters, you had two daughters and one son. Despite what you maliciously claim, my brother is a male. His sex assigned at birth is not relevant as he is now biologically and socially a male.
2. You and your husband did not raise us. Until I was 4 years old, we were primarily raised by a nanny. When my siblings turned 6, you sent the nanny away and told us she quit because of us. This lead to years of self-hatred and resentment until we reconnected with her and found out the truth.
3. Materially, yes you gave us everything we could need (aside from the fact I didn't have a bed that fit me until I was 14). However you and your husband emotionally and occasionally physically neglected us for our entire lives. In addition, you and your husband were emotionally and again, occasionally physically abusive to all three of us. You pitted us against each other for years, breeding resentments between siblings. I felt I had no one to turn to, not even the only biological family who cared about me.
4. You did not raise us with good values. You forced us to cut off friends who were not acceptable to you. You raised me to believe my self-worth laid in my skills and demeaned me over not being naturally gifted like my siblings. My sister has a fear of lacking her own identity since the only friend she had for years was my brother, her twin, because of you. My brother has a fear of being alone and abandoned and struggles to believe anyone could actually care about him, because of you. I have a fear of being rejected by those I care about, which has not only affected friendships and relationships but my own parenting, because of you.
5. How dare you and I repeat how dare you bring my wife into this. Luz is the light of my life and the reason I got out of your toxic environment. She has helped in healing the relationship between my siblings and I and has been a constant support in my unlearning of the toxic mindsets you instilled in me. They were my light in the darkness for so long and are sincerely one of the best people I have ever met. As my sister put it, I was simply unhappy until I met him.
6. You not only brought my wife into this, but you also brought in my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. @insertcoolusernamehere and @jerbonotherbo are two of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. I am proud to call them my siblings. They make my sister and brother, respectively, happier than I have ever seen them. You do not deserve to know them
7. I have a child now, Odalia. So do my siblings. I do not refer to them as your grandchildren because that is not a title that my daughter or my nephew or niece deserves to be saddled with. You will never get to know them. Right now, due in part to their age, they are not even aware you exist. As they get older they will know the truth and will be free to form their own opinions. Because, unlike you, I will not control my children's beliefs and lives
8. You ponder why your children do not speak to you. Well, I'll tell you now. You do not deserve to have a relationship with them. For all my gripes with them, my siblings are truly good people despite the environment we grew up in. I am honored to be related to them. Not only do I resent you for all you did to me, but I also resent you for what you did to them. How dare you do that to my family. They deserved much better than you as parents.
9. Note throughout this post I have not referred to you as my mother and not referred to myself as your daughter. This is because you are not my mother. A mother is a title to be earned and you have not earned that. A mother does not do all of the aforementioned things. I have seen actual mothers in my mothers-in-law. I have seen an actual mother in my wife. I have even seen an actual mother in my sister, who is raising her son far better than you ever raised her. She was as close to a mother as I had for years. She was 2 years old when I was born. 2 years old. That is the age my daughter is now. I look at her and cannot imagine saddling her with that kind of burden.
I never want to see you again in my life Odalia. You will die cold and alone and none of your children will attend your funeral. If you try to contact me in any way, I will not hesitate to set the reformed Emperor's Coven upon you. This is not a threat, this is a fact.
Do not come near me or my family ever again
Amity M Noceda