My husband would love this, so I'd happily buy one as a christmas or birthday gift.
The narcissistic aspect really nails it. These are people who cannot, are probably literally incapable of, seeing past themselves and their own feelings and views. I love how you phrased it as "they see is young people conspiring to not even have to come visit."
Lots! I'm constantly trying new teas because that's apparently exciting to me. I've done Harney & Sons, Yorkshire, Adagio, a couple of Etsy shops (WildWoodsTea, OpenDoorTeaCT), and ton of local shops (not gonna list to avoid doxxing sorry!)
Comedy. Watch something funny. It's hard to be anxious and amused at the same time, and at least for me, the amusement wins.
I also have a soft plush that I find soothing but ymmv on that one. I don't even know why it calms me down, it's not a childhood toy or anything.
I used to do this with boss fights until I got better at balancing for my party.
Your rage is justified and the phrase "It's an attack on our personal space" absolutely nails it.
The fact that this meme is using Smithers is particularly ironic
I am a woman whose father was an abusive narcissist, the list of what I needed and didn't get is depressing to say the least. So I'll boil it down to its essence: Be there when needed. Remember she is her own person, not an extension of you. Try to make her life better than your own. Let your love be unconditional. It may not be helpful advice, but it's all I got for ya.
So glad that my team is largely composed of busy tech folk because going "Sorry I was multitasking" is a valid response haha.
Thank you very much.
Jumping on the "get a fucking divorce" train and adding "stop buying prepackaged overprocessed food, feed me some damn vegetables, and stop giving me so much goddamn sugar"
Top right is accurate.