For as long as I can remember, my siblings have referred to "Home Depot" as "Homo Depot". Seriously, it's been happening for years and every time it bothers me. I don't like it and I don't think it's appropriate. In my opinion it makes them sound lame, uneducated, prejudice, and racist. But not only that, it's discriminating and mean. It's just stupid.
Today - on the phone with my little sister - I stood up and asked her to stop it. She sighed, and I could tell she was rolling her eyes at me. But she changed and said "Home Depot".
I am 100% sure she will continue to call it what she wants, but I feel really good about what happened. It was a victory for me, the co-dependent, to stand up for my needs and to ask her to do something different. I don't do that. I'm always over-accommodating and let people do what they want despite my own feelings. But this time I said no. Another point in the win column.
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