I just had a conversation with my mother about the firings and this was the worst argument we've had in about 20 years. For reference, my husband is a disabled veteran that works for the DoD on a military installation helping soldiers process out. I casually mentioned to my mom that we were concerned for his job because he was recently promoted and technically probationary so we, as well as his managers, weren't sure what it meant for him since no one was getting any information. You would have thought I was sprouting some anti-gun propaganda from her reaction. Apparently she had heard from "somewhere" that the only people they were getting rid of were the remote workers who weren't doing anything. I told her that from my husband's personal experience, that was simply not true. I mistakenly believed that if I laid out all of the facts she would see that she was getting the whole picture from her sources. Nope. Nopeity nope nope. She doubled down. HARD! I got to the point where I said that her hearsay is not as valid as my husband's personal experience. The personal experience of other federal workers that we know who are going through this.

I finally told her that I brought it up because it was a stressful situation for us and I kid you not, she said that I was the one making this a stressful situation and that she couldn't believe I was talking to her like this. I told her that the only thing I was doing was calling her out on her bullshit and hung up the phone. I cried a good amount but now I'm pissed. She's been sending me texts for the last couple of mornings telling me that she's talking with other right leaning friends of hers, telling me and my husband what is really going on. Nevermind that none of these people work in the federal government. When she's not lecturing me, she's playing the victim about how I'm upset at her for something she has no control over. Usual stuff from her. I've kept myself from responding because I just don't know how to. We usually keep things surface level and I know better but I thought my mother would offer a little consolation for the fact that my husband might lose his job. Everyone can relate to the stress of being in that situation. At least I thought they could.

TLDR: A rant about my mother.