And put it at the top! Not the bottom. I hate scrolling through a mountain of text just to see if the story is worth reading

This would ruin my Christmas.

Good thing you aren’t Italian-American because lasagna (or baked ziti) are big holiday meal traditions. The “food prep” work done day-of is setting out a spread of cold cuts and antipasto and opening the bottles of wine.

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If people ask for specific advice a text wall is okay. They are clearly invested enough to ask so they're going to read it.

Good news! Since you're a college student, you have access to a counselling center. Make an appointment to talk to someone. You are already paying for the service so you might as well try it.

If I had to do that it would INCREASE my stress, not bring about warm feelings. It would be like giving a report and getting evaluated on it. Maybe your family is not like mine...

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Also, in real life.

I googled it but lost interest before the end

Thank you and Happy cake day!

We started this so we didn't have to do so the stress and mess of making a big meal and would have more time to play with the kids.

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Agree on all of that. I'm not sure where we got the idea, but my wife and I actually convinced her Mom to do it as well so they are doing it even though we aren't there!

That’s a good lesson for any kind of writing.

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Oh absolultely use paragraphs!

This is a great idea. I married into a family with tons of food traditions, that — experiencing them as someone coming into it from the outside — feel like the amount of stress the celebratory meals cause for all concerned outweigh the upside. I honestly wish a magic wand could be waved where they would be willing to do this, and see what a holiday was like without the unnecessary performance anxiety, imposed expectations, and constant buzz of stress in the background of everything. Also, lasagna is awesome.

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Also, and imo more important is to segment your text. Reading a wall of text is just painful

This isn’t a pro tip

I really hate it when people use less-common or even made-up acronyms and then just assume everybody knows what it means.

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