Forget mommy and daddy issues — there should be an entirely separate category for the trust issues that stem from the butter container in your fridge. It's not butter, and we all know it.
Growing up in a Latinx family means that you were all over the place when it came to timing (five minutes sometimes meant two hours and other times meant 30 minutes), knew cookies were never in the cookie tin, and couldn't differentiate blood relatives from acquaintances. Your parents quirkiest habits created more than a few trust issues that even now have you questioning everything.
And you were still there TWO. HOURS. LATER! Now if someone says something "will take five minutes, promise," you run in the opposite direction.
But then she did it again, and you never made it to dinner with friends that night. You will never, ever, ever get on the phone on an international call again. If your mom is even near the phone, you disappear faster than she can say "¿Alo?"
Even though they were looking right at you. If someone doesn't answer your call nowadays, you assume they are just ignoring you on purpose.
You question every meal now. Skepticism is deeply rooted in you. Are these really clams? Is this really water?
The chances of you finding soup or beans in the butter container were higher than you actually finding butter in there. Your fridge is now a very organized sea of clear Tupperware so there's no guessing.
The threads and needles are always in the tin box labeled "cookies." Where were the cookies? You'll never know!
Or your mom's school friend, or your cousin third-removed, or just the guy that owns the bodega around the corner. This is sweet in theory but also all kinds of confusing. You are still unclear on whether abuela is your real abuela, to be honest.
They were lying. They were never "thinking about it," and neither is your boss when she says she'll "think about your proposal."
The layers of sweaters you were forced to wear on any given day, even in the midst of Summer, make you totally distrust the weather app on your phone now.
But they didn't get there for half an hour, so shutting down that game of Mario Kart was pointless. Every time you're late for something now, you think of this moment.