She never got me vaccinated either

[palominocorn]

My mother was insistent that, if I was staying home from school because I was sick, then I was not allowed to do anything fun, her thinking being that if I was well enough to sit up and play Age of Empires on the computer, then clearly I was well enough to get on the bus, walk around the school, pay attention in class, and not get the rest of the students sick.

She bragged to her friends about how she let her kids have mental health days, but the only time I got one of those was when the school sent me home and said I couldn't come back until I got a doctor's note saying I was better.