You know, my aunt and uncle were smart people when I was growing up. They were down to earth, reasonable, nice, and open minded. This isn’t just rose colored glasses. I know they were.

They’ve spent the last 20 years since, living in a rural area of central Florida (my uncle likes to hunt and they moved there so he could have land). They have become so ignorant, closed minded, and bigoted in their old age. They sit in front of Fox News all day. I got a random text out of the blue the other day, from my aunt, that read word for word “Btw you better not be planning on voting for a dirty Democrat, because then Antifa will take over the country and we’ll have anarchy. Just saying...” Totally unprompted. Like WTF?

My uncle went with his friend to get a haircut this week and my aunt said of course the salon required you to wear a mask. He refused and went out and sat in the car. His friend even said “Hey, here’s an extra mask, it’s brand new and clean, you can have it.” Nope. My uncle still refused. He sat in the car and pouted for 30 minutes while he waited for his friend to finish, and refused to get his hair cut.

It’s so sad to see what they’ve become. They’re surrounded by the same 5-6 people every single day, and have completely shrunk/enclosed their world. Their only source of info is Fox News, and the only people they believe are each other. They won’t even give me or my mother time of day.