Category: friends, peers,
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happy vd
This is a special edition of “grow up to be socio” about Valentine’s Day but a bit darker. I like to call it VD to play a few mind games with those who know me. For those of you who don’t know me, away we go. Let’s start with the modern version now known as…
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don’t send tuna
Today is my mom’s birthday. She’s been gone a few years, maybe 6 or so, but I still like to think about her on her birthday. I still go to the cemetery, stone her and my dad and then send pics. (See “Everybody must get stoned” for context.) It a Jewish tradition thing. https://growuptobesocio.com/2025/06/15/everyone-must-get-stoned/ I…
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love me or hate me
I am the kind of person that you either love or hate. There is no in-between. I am like liver and onions, I hate it, but my dad used to love it. One time, when I was a little socio, my parents made me eat a piece of liver. I couldn’t leave the table until…